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Our elderly loved ones are vulnerable to many types of abuse, including physical, emotional, sexual, and financial abuse. Often, elderly family members are physically or cognitively unable to report their own abuse. Over 15,000 cases of elderly abuse were reported in 2020 alone. Even worse, research suggests that for every reported case of abuse, as many as 24 more abuse cases go unreported.
Most families put a great deal of thought, care, and research into choosing how and where to care for their elderly family members. Sadly, elder abuse occurs in many facilities and even within private residences.
Abuse of senior citizens happens most frequently in all types of long-term care facilities. While we tend to refer to all of these facilities as “nursing homes” seniors may spend their later years in any of the following institutions:
All of the above institutions are the most common locations of elderly abuse and neglect allegations. Nursing home abuse complaints include physical, emotional, sexual, and financial abuse cases as well as cases of gross neglect. Signs of elderly abuse include bruises, lacerations, fractures, broken personal items, dehydration, malnutrition, poor hygiene, depression, anxiety, and withdrawal.
Sadly, even those elderly family members who live with one or more relatives in a private home are sometimes victims of abuse. This is a form of domestic violence that often goes unreported. In some cases, the abuser is the elderly person’s spouse or romantic partner. In other cases, the aggressor is an adult child caring for an aging parent at home. Domestic violence cases with elderly victims include:
Signs of domestic abuse of the elderly in private homes include bruises, fractures, poor hygiene, malnutrition, dehydration, emotional withdrawal, depression, anxiety, and a reluctance to talk in front of the abusing caregiver.
Sadly, senior citizens who live alone are vulnerable to exploitation by distant family members, casual acquaintances, and even complete strangers. Sometimes people with ill-intentions prey on aging seniors with physical and/or cognitive weaknesses who live alone, taking advantage of them in the following ways:
Elder abuse can occur wherever elderly citizens reside. It’s important to report any suspected cases of elderly abuse, whether it occurs within care facilities or in a private home. An Arizona elder abuse lawyer can help discuss potential legal options.
The personal injury attorneys in Phoenix, Arizona, at Knapp & Roberts have the compassion and trial lawyer skills to tell your story to a jury. We will get to know you and your family so that we can help the jury understand what has happened to you and your family and how it has changed your lives. Obtain the compensation necessary for the injuries and losses you have suffered.
