Nursing home employees need to be kind, compassionate, and patient when caring for residents. When residents are abused or stolen from, nursing homes need to make their residents, not their finances, their priority. Making sure that the highest hiring standards are protocol at a nursing home is the easiest way to maintain a professional, high-quality experience for residents.

All too frequently, the very employees who are entrusted to care for residents end up abusing or neglecting them. Although the law requires nursing homes to perform background checks on all job applicants, nursing homes frequently ignore the law and hire people with criminal backgrounds. Why? It can be less expensive to hire those with a criminal background. When nursing homes ignore the mandatory background checks or the warning signs of abuse, tragedy may occur.

Remember, if your loved one comes to you reporting abuse, this behavior has likely been occurring for far too long. Not only is your loved one at risk, but so is every other resident at that nursing home. A single abusive employee can hurt several residents, so be sure to report suspected abuse to the proper authorities first.

At Lloyd & Lloyd, we have represented numerous clients who have been the victims of physical assaults and sexual abuse by nursing home employees. Please call us if you suspect that a loved one has been abused.