Non Verbal Elder Stroke Victims at Risk for Abuse

If a senior isn’t able to speak, their chances for being abused increase dramatically. Elder abuse has many ugly faces.

Elder abuse is rampant these days and the reasons are totally inexplicable. What possible reason could anyone have to harm a senior, especially one who is disabled mentally or physically? So few seniors these days have “nest eggs” like they once did, that it defies all logic to think that by harming an elderly person, someone will make a profit from their misdeeds. That leaves abuse for the pure sake of abuse; a blood curdling thought in a society that supposedly prides itself on being civilized, up-to-date and abhors violence.

One recent case we heard about brought home a very ugly new twist to the kinds of abuse senior’s face. The victim was a 71-year-old woman who had suffered a stroke and could not talk. Her family made it a regular habit to always visit their mom every week. They took turns going with their families and taking the grandkids. For the first while, even though their mom could not talk, things seemed to be going fairly well. The kids were happy with their choice of nursing home.

“Over time, something dark and ugly started to creep into the picture. The children began to notice their mother had unexplained bruises on her body. They saw this too often to not begin to suspect there was something nasty afoot in the nursing home,” said Michael G. Smith an Arkansas injury lawyer. They complained to management who said they would look into it, but never did. Things seemed to go well for another period of time until the bruises were far to frequent to ignore.

“The family took the initiative to set up a hidden video camera on their mom’s side table in her room. The camera filmed an employee slapping their mom around, pulling her by the hair, bending her neck, fingers and wrists and violently handling her while she was in a shower chair,” outline Smith. “The worker was criminally charged and pleaded no contest. The courts awarded the family $7.75 million: $2.75 million in actual damages and $5 million in punitive damages,” he added.
If elder abuse is suspected, do not wait to speak to an Arkansas personal injury lawyer and find out what can be done to stop the violence. Elder abuse is a crime that needs to be stamped out so that it is not perpetuated in nursing homes in our nation. There is no rhyme or reason for this kind of behavior, no excuse, no good reason.

Violence is not acceptable when it comes to dealing with elderly people in nursing homes, whether they are able to speak or not. The fact that abuse is perpetrated on stroke victims is sickening. Only an experienced Arkansas personal injury lawyer will be able to file a case that will get justice for the senior whose life is a prison of blows and other rough treatment.

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Michael G. Smith is an Arkansas injury lawyer and Arkansas accident lawyer, practicing personal injury law in Arkansas. Learn more by visiting http://www.Arkansaslawhelp.com

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