Nursing Home Residents Experience Bruising from Neglect and Abuse

The bruises a nursing home resident experiences may be completely accidental.  Slight falls or tripping over something can lead a resident to a bruise very quickly.  Other bruises are more sinister in nature and occur due to abuse and neglect.  Neglect does not directly cause bruising, but residents who are unsupervised can slip, fall, or bang into things and cause bruises.  The lack of supervision means that residents do not have people to help them to the bathroom or get them a drink of water.  If they climb out of bed to go on their own, they can slip and fall and really cause serious bruising.  Abuse can directly cause bruising because of trauma to the body.  Grabbing the arm of a resident, pushing and shoving residents, and directly hitting residents can lead to bruising.  Bruises actually occur more easily in nursing home residents because they have more fragile bodies and cannot handle the trauma of a slap or a fall as well as people with stronger bodies who are in better health.  These bruises can be painful, so stopping abuse should be a great concern for everyone involved with nursing home residents.  If you need help stopping abuse and neglect, contact a San Diego DUI lawyer for help.