Hidden Camera Reveals Nursing Home Abuse

A woman who suspected that her 89 year-old grandmother was being abused in the Bronx nursing home that was caring for her took matters into her own hands. The woman placed a hidden camera in her grandmother's room after strange bruising appeared on the elderly woman's hands and face, who suffers from Alzheimer's and dementia. The granddaughter captured 600 hours of footage from the camera, some of it showing her grandmother being abused by a nurse's aide. The abuse was physical, including twisting the elderly woman's arm behind her back and slamming her down on the bed which caused the woman's injuries.

The nurse's aide was arrested and charged and her court case is pending. The granddaughter requested that her grandmother be taken to an emergency room for treatment and safety and later the grandmother was transferred to another nursing home facility. After being investigated due to the incident, the nursing home fired three of its staff. A congressional study done in 2012 found that 30 percent of nursing homes in the U.S. received citations for abuse during the two-year period of 1999 to 2001. The study showed 9,000 instances of abuse that occurred, which included poor medical care, malnutrition, dehydration, poor sanitation and hygiene, preventable accidents, bedsores that went untreated, and more.

Legal Representation in Long Island, New York for Nursing Home Abuse

Those who suspect nursing home abuse, as in the case above, may have to take investigatory measures to find out exactly what is going on and to get the evidence they need on behalf of injured relatives. In such cases, an injury claim may be initiated against those responsible to recover damages for medical care and other losses involved. The personal injury law firm of Jaghab Jaghab & Jaghab, PC offers dedicated and skilled legal assistance for those who have been harmed through negligence or deliberately abused. With more than 80 years of combined legal experience, the attorneys at the firm are more than capable and qualified to help you pursue justice in such matters.

Because of their many successful monetary recoveries as trial lawyers, the firm has been recognized and has become members of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. This elite group of attorneys consists of those who have achieved million dollar and multi-million dollar settlements or verdicts in single cases. To learn more about your legal options following a personal injury, contact the firm for a free consultation.