Is nursing home abuse usually limited to physiological mishandling?
No. Other forms of abuse can include the misappropriation of a resident’s funds or property, restriction of private phone calls or visits from family members and friends, restriction of visits from any state or local representative, noncompliance with the resident’s decision to allow or not allow visits from anyone other than medical/resident staff, restriction of the resident to move or change facilities (if the resident is not mentally capable of such a decision, the immediate family can intervene), restriction of a resident’s religious observations, and the unlawful eviction of a resident. Federal law requires that all care facilities provide a thirty day written notice and must document a legal reason for discharge such as failure to pay rent, specific medical treatment cannot be provided by said facility, etc.
