Local Law Firms Home > Medical Malpractice Overview > Nursing Home Malpractice > Financial Abuse Although it may not seem like a case of elder financial abuse would be related to medical malpractice, it can be and it has been many times. When an elderly individual is admitted into a nursing home facility in order to receive medical care because he or she is either too ill and/or old to care for himself or herself anymore, every aspect of the patient’s visit and treatment must be handled with the upmost care.
When a nursing home worker takes advantage of an elderly individual’s medical condition or age and abuses them financially, they may be held liable in a nursing home malpractice lawsuit. The senior citizen that is taken advantage of is a victim of financial elder abuse, even if it is a medical professional that convinces a nursing home resident that he or she needs a certain procedure that is completely unnecessary but very costly.
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