The damages suffered through nursing home neglect can have long-lasting implications. Your or your loved one’s pain and suffering might be unbearable, and the medical expenses and lost wages in play might be financially overwhelming. While a personal injury claim...
Nursing Home Abuse
What are some forms of financial exploitation?
Nursing home residents are some of the most vulnerable people in New Mexico. When you place your loved one in a nursing home, you want assurance that you're placing them in a safe, comfortable place where the employees will take care of them. Unfortunately, some...
Caregiver accountability may require abuse recognition
Moving an aging parent into a nursing home is often a difficult decision based on what’s best for all involved. It can also be a choice filled with worry about emotional, financial or physical abuse in your absence. Depending on others for help with daily needs can...
Judge rules against ban on nursing home visits
During these times, it has never been more important to be with family. However, this has been largely impossible for those in New Mexico with family members in nursing homes. But, a New Mexico judge just ruled that these nursing home visit bans cannot be enforced....
What are some ways nursing home residents can be abused?
We trust nursing home staff to take good care of the residents in their facilities. Sadly, while unintentional neglect can harm patients, intentional nursing home abuse does occur in Albuquerque nursing homes and can be devastating. The following is an overview of...
Spot signs of nursing home abuse and neglect
Most people don’t want to put their elderly loved ones in a nursing home. But the realities of today’s world make it impossible for many people to care for their loved one’s in any other way. And truth be told, many nursing homes are great for elderly loved ones. They...
New Mexico government partnership protects seniors from abuse
Elder abuse in nursing homes is a pervasive problem that is often difficult to detect, and often results in the over-medication, trauma, serious injury and neglect of its victims. Fortunately in New Mexico, a new partnership was recently formed between the state’s...
Overmedication is nursing home abuse
Sometimes, nursing home residents are intentionally overmedicated because of staffing shortages or they are aggressive, emotional, or uncooperative. Overmedication is a form of nursing home abuse and neglect which may be dangerous. Signs of overmedication Use of drugs...
When can a nursing home be liable for abuse and neglect?
The care of loved ones is entrusted to nursing homes on a daily basis. Family members whose loved ones have been harmed in a nursing home should be familiar with nursing home liability and how a negligent nursing home can be held accountable for nursing home abuse and...
Hold negligent nursing homes accountable
Nursing homes are tasked with a big responsibility: caring for our most vulnerable loved ones. The government recognizes the importance of this duty, evidenced by the numerous regulations placed on nursing homes and their employees. Yet, despite the importance of...