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Elder Abuse
Across California, nursing homes and assisted living facilities provide care to thousands of senior citizens and elderly individuals.
Unfortunately, the care these individuals receive often does not live up to the level of service that the assisted care facility promises to
provide. This leaves the elderly abused and neglected. Regrettably some of these facilities are more concerned with making money than
the care they provide to our loved ones.
Signs of elder abuse and neglect might include:
 Unexplained signs of injury such as bruises, welts, or scars, especially if they appear symmetrically on two side of the body;
Dehydration;
Broken bones, sprains, or dislocations;
Report of drug overdose or apparent failure to take medication regularly (a prescription has more remaining than it should)
Malnutrition;
Pressure Sores;
Broken eyeglasses or frames;
Signs of being restrained, such as rope marks on wrists;
Caregiver’s refusal to allow you to see the elder alone; and
Poor Hygiene.
Things such as improper patient screening, being far understaffed, and lack of attentive supervision lead to many careless mistakes and neglect. This abuse and neglect threatens the health and well-being of our loved ones and causes them pain and suffering.
Lavorato & Scott will ensure that when a care facility or nursing home does not meet the standard of care they for which they are held, they will be held responsible and pay due compensation for their neglect. This type of law suit not only helps to compensate those that are injured, but it will create an incentive for these types of facilities to improve their level of care and become more responsible, which helps society as a whole.
Every Life has value. Don’t allow this type of mistreatment and neglect continue to our loved elders. Contact an attorney at Lavorato & Scott today to help put a stop to elder abuse and elder neglect. Hold abusers accountable for their actions. Call today for a free consultation.
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