Nursing Home Deaths / Elder Abuse
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Too often, elderly or disabled people, not only in long-term care facilities, but in some home situations as well, aren’t getting the attention they require, at times having to compete with dozens of other residents who require help in the activities of daily living---feeding, bathing, toiletry, wound care. Such neglect can lead to disastrous and deadly consequences.
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Police sometimes miss clues, dismissing certain reports or information that alert them to trouble; coroners and medical examiners can miss valuable information, signing the death certificate without seeing the body, and prosecutors will point their finger at law enforcement and the medical examiners for indifference and carelessness.
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The common denominator in nursing home deaths is the lax response to the deaths; however, the problem with this issue of not investigating elder abuse or nursing home malpractice isn’t exclusively the fault of the law enforcement agency alone. The problem exists with the system itself.
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It is important to understand that there is typically no money to investigate these types of deaths. As such district attorneys are apprehensive to pay for investigations and autopsies. However, many individuals not only not realize that they can request an autopsy be performed at their own expense, but have limited or no knowledge of whom to contact regarding those autopsies.
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If you feel a loved one has been victimized by nursing home malpractice or elder abuse and you desire to have an autopsy performed or a second autopsy performed please contact us.
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