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Nursing Home Abuse in Delray Beach

Abusers and their Elderly Victims

A National Center on Elder Abuse study involving Adult Protective Services studied both victims and perpetrators of elder abuse.

Elder abuse victims:

  • Two-thirds are female
  • Nearly half are 80 or older
  • Three-quarters are white
  • Often encounter elder abuse at home

Those who abuse elders:

  • More than half are female
  • Three-quarters are under 60 years of age
  • A third are adult children of the victims
  • A fifth are other family members

Source: National Center on Elder Abuse.

In Palm Beach County, report elder abuse at: 561-214-8600

Tracing its past to an 1895 agricultural settlement, Delray Beach in Palm Beach County has evolved to a population of 65,000-plus. It continues to enjoy the growth that characterizes much of the Treasure Coast. Like neighboring communities in the county, Delray Beach’s development was given a boost by Henry Flagler’s Florida East Coast Railway. The 20th Century saw the area progress from farming into business, real estate and tourism. Today, Delray Beach is admired for its beautiful and clean shores, and for its constructive handling of continued growth.

As Delray Beach has welcomed new residents over the years, the nursing home neglect and abuse attorneys at Freeman Injury Law, have grown, too, evolving into one of the city’s top choices when attorneys who are tough on elder abuse are needed. Our firm believes that every resident of Delray Beach and South Florida deserves the best in legal service, just as they deserve the best care when they require the help of a skilled nursing facility.

With nearly 700 nursing homes operating across Florida, our Delray Beach nursing home neglect lawyers have seen many instances of complaints about resident care. When families choose our firm to help them fight for the consideration, attention, and professional care that elderly loved ones need, we take action designed to protect the rights of those at risk for abuse. Our efforts to hold nursing homes and caregivers responsible for the adverse effects of their negligence and abuse have recovered financial compensation for injured parties and helped usher in better levels of care for all residents of the facilities involved.

Delray Beach nursing home abuse and neglect lawyers at our firm know that substandard levels of care can mean higher rates of infections for nursing home residents, along with greater numbers of falls. Bedsores form because ignored residents aren’t turned often. When those bedsores admit bacteria to the body, the severe infection known as sepsis can result. Some 750,000 people in the U.S. develop severe sepsis every year, and elderly people are among those at greatest risk. The National Institutes of Health warns that as many as 50% of those with severe sepsis will lose their lives.

The Delray Beach elder abuse lawyers at our firm know that nursing home residents aren’t the only portion of our community’s elderly population who may be jeopardized because others don’t care for them properly. The National Center on Elder Abuse says that as many as 2 million older Americans suffer various types of abuse: physical, sexual, emotional, and financial. In fact, about 5 million elderly people in this country can expect to be financially exploited by those they should be able to trust.

If you suspect that an elderly loved one may be at risk because of poor care in a nursing home or because they are being abused by someone close to them, don’t hesitate to get involved. Complain to nursing home administrators or supervisors and ask for help resolving problems. Talk with social workers, or if you feel someone is in immediate danger, call law enforcement to intervene. When you need help to examine a situation and determine if abuse or neglect is causing harm, talk with the Delray Beach nursing home neglect and elder abuse attorneys at Freeman Injury Law. We can investigate, and we have the legal knowledge needed to determine who may be liable for any harm that has been done. When you need a capable and tenacious attorney on your side, call the firm Delray Beach residents depend on – Freeman Injury Law.

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