Montgomery Assisted Living Facility Abuse & Neglect Lawyer

Assisted living facilities differ from nursing homes in that they do not provide medical care for residents. As their name suggests, these facilities provide daily living assistance for older individuals who are generally mobile, in fairly good health, and who do not need skilled nursing care. Residents of assisted living facilities may need help with dressing themselves, walking, personal hygiene, eating, or taking prescribed medications. Just because their services are limited to this does not mean these facilities are not subject to state and federal laws and regulations. As stated above, residents of these facilities are just as much at risk for abuse and neglect as those residing in skilled nursing homes. 

Examples of abuse by staff in these facilities can include but are not limited to:

• Verbal abuse. This can include belittlement, insults, ridicule, yelling, cursing, the use of scare tactics, and refusal to communicate.
• Physical abuse. This can include slaps, pinching, physical isolation, and more.
• Emotional abuse. This can include threats, constant criticism, blame, scapegoating, the use of profane language, rejection, and gaslighting.
• Sexual abuse. This can range from unwanted touching to sexual assault.
• Financial abuse. This can range from theft of cash, personal items, checkbooks, and credit card to identity theft, coercion into transferring assets, making a new will, or otherwise asserting undue influence over the resident’s assets.

Residents in nursing homes can be subject to neglect as well, leading to poor hygiene, dehydration, malnutrition, deteriorating health, new medical conditions, and medical emergencies. When you suspect any type of maltreatment at an assisted living facility, you should document the evidence wherever possible and report your concerns with the management.