What causes nursing home neglect and elder abuse?
Nursing home negligence and elder abuse include injuries to the elder’s psychological, medical and physical well-being. Multiple factors may contribute to the staff’s inability to maintain a caring, safe environment that honors the individuality and dignity of each resident. For example, the patient may have been treated improperly or assaulted by a staff person about whom the facility did not perform proper background checks. Or, the facility may have employed an inadequate number of workers and, as a result, patients did not receive proper care. In addition, if nursing home staff were not qualified to perform the care they were providing, or were not properly trained, a patient could receive sub-standard care, and suffer a variety of injuries.
