{"id":5594,"date":"2015-10-12T14:01:52","date_gmt":"2015-10-12T18:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:10028\/practiceareas\/nursing-home-abuse\/"},"modified":"2024-05-23T16:30:57","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:30:57","slug":"abuso-en-hogar-de-ancianos","status":"publish","type":"practiceareas","link":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/es\/areas-de-practica-2\/abuso-en-hogar-de-ancianos\/","title":{"rendered":"Abuso en hogares de ancianos"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"The abuse of an elderly person who cannot care for him or herself without the assistance of another is a horrific crime. Not only may criminal charges be pursued in the event that nursing home abuse occurs, but compensation may also be recoverable in a civil action. Our experienced nursing home abuse attorneys are here to protect you.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Families turn to nursing homes and assisted living facilities to give their elderly loved ones the standard of treatment, supervision and care they need. Instead of being treated with respect and properly cared for, however, some of the elderly patients and residents in nursing homes across the U.S. are suffering from ill-treatment, abuse and neglect by their caregivers. Although there is not currently a single source of nationwide elder abuse statistics, it is estimated that between 1 and 2 million Americans aged 65 years or older have been subjected to some form of mistreatment by the very individuals they relied on for care and protection.<\/p>\n

Perhaps the most notable study on nursing home abuse was included in a congressional report filed by Representative Henry Waxman of the 30th Congressional District of California. A review of state inspection records revealed that 5,283 nursing homes were cited for abuse violations from January 1999 to January 2001. This totaled approximately one in three facilities in the U.S. This number came as a shock to many Americans, who relied upon nursing homes to provide their elderly loved ones with the care and assistance they simply could not provide themselves.<\/p>\n

\u00bfQu\u00e9 es el abuso en un asilo de ancianos?<\/h3>\n

El t\u00e9rmino abuso en un asilo de ancianos puede referirse a varios tipos de maltrato que ocurren en un asilo de ancianos, que es una instalaci\u00f3n que brinda alojamiento residencial y servicios de atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica, generalmente para personas mayores.<\/p>\n

Tipos de abuso en hogares de ancianos<\/h3>\n

Abuso f\u00edsico<\/strong>
El maltrato f\u00edsico ocurre cuando una persona intencionalmente usa la fuerza contra un anciano residente o realiza cualquier tipo de acci\u00f3n contra la persona con el fin de causarle da\u00f1o. Algunos ejemplos incluyen golpear, patear, empujar, asfixiar, dar pu\u00f1etazos, quemar o golpear a la v\u00edctima. Un uso inadecuado o excesivo de las sujeciones tambi\u00e9n puede ser considerado una forma de abuso f\u00edsico.<\/p>\n

abuso sexual<\/strong>
Cualquier forma de contacto no deseado o no consentido de naturaleza sexual puede considerarse abuso sexual. Adem\u00e1s de incluir actos f\u00edsicos como tocamientos, relaciones sexuales o abusos indebidos, mostrar a una persona mayor material pornogr\u00e1fico o hacer que la persona mire actos sexuales son formas de abuso sexual.<\/p>\n

Abuso emocional<\/strong>
No todo abuso es de naturaleza f\u00edsica. El abuso emocional o psicol\u00f3gico puede ser igual de da\u00f1ino. El abuso verbal, como gritar o amenazar a la v\u00edctima, puede causar dolor y angustia emocional. Otras formas de abuso emocional incluyen la humillaci\u00f3n y el aislamiento o humillar, ignorar o ridiculizar a la persona mayor.<\/p>\n

Descuido<\/strong>
En algunos casos, es posible que una instalaci\u00f3n o sus cuidadores no brinden la atenci\u00f3n adecuada a los residentes. El descuido puede provocar desnutrici\u00f3n, falta de higiene adecuada, condiciones m\u00e9dicas no tratadas, deshidrataci\u00f3n y escaras. Todas estas condiciones tienen el potencial de causar da\u00f1o o incluso la muerte injusta<\/a>\u00a0de un residente.<\/p>\n

Negligencia<\/strong>
Al igual que el descuido, la negligencia es un tipo de acto o inacci\u00f3n que constituye una falla en brindar un nivel est\u00e1ndar de atenci\u00f3n. Para un hogar de ancianos, esto puede incluir el descuido de los pacientes de edad avanzada, la falta de verificaci\u00f3n adecuada de los antecedentes de los empleados en el proceso de contrataci\u00f3n o la falta de supervisi\u00f3n adecuada.<\/p>\n

Negligencia m\u00e9dica<\/a><\/strong>
In nursing homes where medical care is provided to patients, negligencia m\u00e9dica<\/a> may be a possibility. Some examples may include giving a patient the wrong medication or the wrong dose, failing to diagnose a\u00a0herida grave<\/a> or illness, providing improper treatment of a medical condition or various mistakes or errors made by nurses, doctors or other caregivers.<\/p>\n

All of the above can be severe, and should be taken seriously. While physical and sexual abuse may warrant taking immediate action, such as calling the police, the other forms of abuse can have far-reaching and long-term consequences, too. Emotional abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation can lead to withdrawal, depression, anger, weight loss, fear, and other health complications. In extreme cases, nursing home abuse can lead to early death.<\/p>\n

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Abuso en Hogares de Ancianos y Negligencia M\u00e9dica<\/h3>\n

Medical professionals, including both nurses and doctors, comprise a nursing home staff. When these medical professionals shirk their duties to patients, neglecting or abusing patients instead, they have committed an act of negligencia m\u00e9dica<\/a>. As such, the abused victim has the right to file a civil action. Those who may be held liable in a civil action include an individual doctor or nurse, other staff members, or the nursing home facility.<\/p>\n

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\u00bfQu\u00e9 debo hacer si sospecho de abuso en un asilo de ancianos?<\/h3>\n

Si ha sido v\u00edctima de abuso en un asilo de ancianos o cree que un ser querido anciano est\u00e1 siendo abusado, es importante que tome medidas lo antes posible. Nuestros abogados pueden asesorarte<\/a> no solo sobre los pasos adecuados a seguir para denunciar el abuso a las autoridades, sino tambi\u00e9n para responsabilizar al cuidador y al centro. Nuestros objetivos son detener el abuso en hogares de ancianos y ayudar a sus v\u00edctimas a buscar la compensaci\u00f3n que merecen.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":5580,"menu_order":240,"template":"","practiceareas_category":[742],"class_list":["post-5594","practiceareas","type-practiceareas","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","practiceareas_category-personal-injury"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/practiceareas\/5594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/practiceareas"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/practiceareas"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/practiceareas\/5594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17889,"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/practiceareas\/5594\/revisions\/17889"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"practiceareas_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/practiceareas_category?post=5594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}