Arizona Nursing Home Abuse Law Firm
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Arizona Nursing Home Abuse Law Firm Discuss Hiring a Private Investigator if You Feel Your Loved One is Being Abused
As lawyers in Phoenix who help the elderly when they are not cared for properly and are injured by caretakers, we thought you may want to know that there are private investigator who focus their company on elder abuse and checking the backgrounds of people who are applying to watch loved ones when they are need in care services.
Elder abuse in Arizona and throughout the United States is a growing concern. In Arizona there is said to be 1,176,503 in the elderly population and of that there have been 129,952 cases of elder abuse. These statistics are from the Elder Abuse Daily. In Maricopa County, which includes Phoenix, there have been almost 66,587 cases of elder abuse that has been reported each year. There are many more cases that go unreported and many cases that are not investigated.
Private investigators can be used to look into the background of someone you are thinking to hire to care for your elderly loved one. Investigators can also look into whether or not your loved one's caretaker is stealing money. One sign explained by private investigator, Jacob Mueller, of Global Eye Investigations is to see if the care taker will not leave your loved one's side when family is around. It may be that if the care taker does not want to leave your loved ones' side that the caretaker may be cautious about what the elder is going to say to their family members. Looks at bank transactions. Obviously if an elder is not able to get out of bed and is experiencing pain and discomfort they are not likely to be making withdrawals from their account. Stealing money can be something that a caretaker could potentially easily do if family members are not careful. This is not to say that there are not a lot of outstanding caretakers who are helping the elderly.
That being said there are almost 6 million cases of elder abuse each year. That turns into one case every five seconds. Many of these cases are never reported. Luckily, Arizona is not the top state for having the most number of elder abuse cases in the United States. California actually is the state with the most number of elder abuse cases in the United States and California has 36% more elder abuse cases than the next greatest state of elder abuse cases. The next state with the most elder abuse cases is Florida.
Besides knowing the background of care takers, it is still important as well to watch the care taker while they are taking care of your loved one. If you have your loved one in a nursing home, assisted living center or rehabilitation center, it is also important to watch the facility to make sure that your loved one is being taken care of in the best possible way. Many times these types of places have too few staff members and as a result loved ones are hurt as the result of the staff member's negligence.
We have seen many elder abuse cases in Arizona where elders have slipped and fell, fell out of bed, left in showers to tend to themselves, or are completely not listened to when they are feeling pain and discomfort. Elders should not be left alone in a shower or in their room. If they are left alone they are likely to fall and hurt themselves. If a loved one is in a nursing home, it is probably that they should have an alarm on the bathroom area or on the bed so that if the elder individual needs help they can call for help and a staff member of the Arizona nursing home can come as soon as possible. Leaving elders along in their room is almost always not OK in these types of establishments because elders do not have the strength or wisdom many times to make the right decisions and they are likely to end up hurt due to a poor decision on the staff member.
Another area that we see as Arizona nursing home lawyers is that staff members are not careful enough when handling elders whether it be they are carrying the elders or just taking care of them. Elders tend to be very fragile and staff members of nursing homes must be very careful when moving and transporting elders. We have seen elders have broken arms, broken shoulders, legs broken and all sorts of other injuries because when they were being moved the caretaker did not listen and hurt the elder. Many times family members might be in the room when it happens. Other times, another patient might be in the room when the elder is hurt by the caretaker.
Injuries that many elders experience are:
- bed sores
- broken bones
- fractures
- physical abuse
- wrongful death
- head injuries
- stitches
- open wounds
- emotional abuse
- financial theft
- unsanitary facilities
- lack of supervision
- pressure sores
- unexplained injuries
- mental abuse
- transportation injuries
- lack of appropriate medical care
There are very strict regulations by the federal government and state government. Despite these regulations thousands of elderly people are hurt each day by their own caretakers.
The Husband and Wife Law Team, an Arizona nursing home abuse law firm helps innocent elderly individuals who have been hurt by the negligence of their own caretakers. We are committed to making sure the rights of the elderly are upheld and that they are not taken advantage of without legal recourse. Contact us today at 602-457-6222 for a free consultation on an Arizona nursing abuse case. If we are able to help you, we do not get paid until we win your case. We have a no fee guarantee that we do not take a fee until there is a settlement.
Our Arizona Nursing home abuse law firm helps people statewide in Arizona, including Phoenix, Mesa, Scottsdale, Glendale, Apache Junction, Tempe, Ahwatukee, Peoria, Avondale, Sun City West, Sun City, Fountainhills, Yuma, Flagstaff, Tucson, Gilbert and Chandler. We can visit you at your home, have a free phone consultation or meet you any where that you feel comfortable.
If you or a loved one has been injured in an Arizona nursing home, call now to see if we can help you. We will answer your questions honestly and straight forwardly so that you feel comfortable. It is important to have the best Arizona Nursing Home Attorney on your side fighting for you and your family so that you can have the justice that you deserve and protect other individuals from being injured by these same caretakers and facilities.
