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As Baby Boomers And Their Parents Age, Law Firms Prepare For Increase In Nursing Home Negligence Cases
Lawfirms are preparing for an increase in negligence lawsuits filed by the Baby Boom generation on behalf of their aging parents. Within ten to fifteen years, the lawfirms anticipate some older Baby Boomers will themselves be in nursing homes, and will be the plaintiffs in their own law suits.
The parents of Baby Boomers are now filling nursing homes in record numbers. According to the 1997 National Nursing Home Survey, there were 1,465,000 residents 65 and older in nursing homes. The survey noted that in 1997, about 75 percent of all nursing home residents 65 and older required assistance in three or more activities of daily living, including bathing, dressing, eating, transferring from bed to chair, and using the toilet. About 42 percent of nursing home residents were diagnosed with dementia, and 12 percent had other psychiatric conditions, such as schizophrenia and mood disorders. In the intervening seven years, these numbers have only swelled.
Baby Boomers must now contend with the treatment their elderly parents receive if they are placed in nursing homes or other care facilities. Incidences of neglect, negligence, and abuse are on the rise.
There are places to report nursing home abuse.
Make your report to the nursing home’s administrator, director of nursing, or social worker. The state or local ombudsman.The local police or state law enforcement. A protection and advocacy or adult protective services agency. The state survey agency that licenses and certifies nursing homes (often in the Health Department). A citizen advocacy group, or other church or community group that visits regularly.
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