{"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":"maltraitance-maison-de-soins","status":"publish","type":"practiceareas","link":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/fr\/domaines-de-pratique-2\/maltraitance-maison-de-soins\/","title":{"rendered":"Abus en maison de retraite"},"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

Qu'est-ce que la maltraitance en maison de retraite ?<\/h3>\n

Le terme maltraitance en maison de retraite peut faire r\u00e9f\u00e9rence \u00e0 divers types de mauvais traitements qui se produisent dans une maison de retraite, qui est un \u00e9tablissement qui fournit des logements r\u00e9sidentiels et des services de sant\u00e9, g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement pour les personnes \u00e2g\u00e9es.<\/p>\n

Types d'abus dans les foyers de soins<\/h3>\n

Violence physique<\/strong>
La violence physique se produit lorsqu'une personne utilise intentionnellement la force contre un r\u00e9sident \u00e2g\u00e9 ou prend tout type d'action contre la personne afin de lui causer du tort. Certains exemples incluent frapper, donner des coups de pied, bousculer, \u00e9touffer, donner des coups de poing, br\u00fbler ou frapper une victime. Une utilisation inappropri\u00e9e ou excessive des moyens de contention peut \u00e9galement \u00eatre consid\u00e9r\u00e9e comme une forme de violence physique.<\/p>\n

Abus sexuel<\/strong>
Toute forme de contact non d\u00e9sir\u00e9 ou non consensuel de nature sexuelle peut \u00eatre consid\u00e9r\u00e9e comme un abus sexuel. En plus d'inclure des actes physiques tels que des attouchements, des rapports sexuels ou des agressions inappropri\u00e9s, montrer \u00e0 une personne \u00e2g\u00e9e du mat\u00e9riel pornographique ou obliger la personne \u00e0 regarder des actes sexuels sont des formes d'abus sexuel.<\/p>\n

Abus \u00e9motionnel<\/strong>
Tous les abus ne sont pas de nature physique. La violence \u00e9motionnelle ou psychologique peut \u00eatre tout aussi nocive. La violence verbale, comme crier ou menacer la victime, peut causer de la douleur et de la d\u00e9tresse \u00e9motionnelles. D'autres formes de violence psychologique comprennent l'humiliation et l'isolement ou l'humiliation, l'ignorance ou la ridiculisation de la personne \u00e2g\u00e9e.<\/p>\n

N\u00e9gligence<\/strong>
Dans certains cas, un \u00e9tablissement ou ses soignants peuvent ne pas fournir les soins appropri\u00e9s aux r\u00e9sidents. La n\u00e9gligence peut entra\u00eener la malnutrition, le manque d'hygi\u00e8ne, des conditions m\u00e9dicales non trait\u00e9es, la d\u00e9shydratation et des escarres. Toutes ces conditions ont le potentiel de causer des dommages ou m\u00eame la mort injustifi\u00e9e<\/a>\u00a0d'un r\u00e9sident.<\/p>\n

N\u00e9gligence<\/strong>
Semblable \u00e0 la n\u00e9gligence, la n\u00e9gligence est un type d'acte ou d'inaction qui constitue un d\u00e9faut de fournir un niveau de soins standard. Pour une maison de retraite, cela peut inclure la n\u00e9gligence des patients \u00e2g\u00e9s, l'omission de v\u00e9rifier correctement les ant\u00e9c\u00e9dents des employ\u00e9s lors du processus d'embauche ou un manque de supervision ad\u00e9quate.<\/p>\n

Erreur medicale<\/a><\/strong>
In nursing homes where medical care is provided to patients, erreur medicale<\/a> may be a possibility. Some examples may include giving a patient the wrong medication or the wrong dose, failing to diagnose a\u00a0blessure 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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Abus en maison de retraite et faute professionnelle m\u00e9dicale<\/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 erreur medicale<\/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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Que dois-je faire si je soup\u00e7onne un abus dans une maison de retraite\u00a0?<\/h3>\n

Si vous avez \u00e9t\u00e9 victime d'abus dans une maison de retraite ou si vous pensez qu'un proche \u00e2g\u00e9 est maltrait\u00e9, il est important d'agir le plus t\u00f4t possible. Nos avocats peuvent vous conseiller<\/a> non seulement sur les mesures appropri\u00e9es \u00e0 prendre pour signaler les abus aux autorit\u00e9s, mais aussi pour tenir le soignant et l'\u00e9tablissement responsables. Nos objectifs sont de mettre fin aux abus dans les foyers de soins et d'aider ses victimes \u00e0 obtenir l'indemnisation qu'elles m\u00e9ritent.<\/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\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/practiceareas\/5594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/practiceareas"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/practiceareas"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/practiceareas\/5594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17889,"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/practiceareas\/5594\/revisions\/17889"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"practiceareas_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/practiceareas_category?post=5594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}