The James Esparza Law Firm
Nursing Home Abuse Lawyers
Salt Lake City, Utah
Nursing Home Negligence
When you entrust a loved one to a nursing home, you count on their staff to provide gentle care and proper treatment. Unfortunately, that doesn’t always happen. In spite of the best efforts of families and government agencies, nursing home abuse and neglect continues to be a major problem in this country.
The Nursing Home Reform Act requires a nursing home to "provide services and activities to attain or maintain the highest practicable physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being of each resident in accordance with a written care plan..."
Despite that, elderly people were abused in nearly a third of the nation’s nursing homes in the past two years, many of them suffering serious injuries according to Congressman Henry Waxman. Congressional investigators found examples of "residents being punched, choked or kicked by staff members or other residents."
