Elder Abuse Story Shocks Milwaukee

Nursing home owner fined $350,000 for horrible abuse of residents

On behalf of Milwaukee personal injury attorney Ric Domnitz of Domnitz & Domnitz, S.C. posted in Nursing Home Abuse on Friday, April 12, 2013.

The consequences of an elderly loved one in Wisconsin suffering in a nursing home due to neglect can be deadly. Understaffing can mean that residents fall, suffer dehydration, miss their medications and are left with agonizing bed sores. Nursing homes will often offer excuses about underfunding for the understaffing and consequent neglect, but the bottom line is this behavior is intolerable and can be met with consequences.

While both nursing home neglect and nursing home abuse are egregious acts to commit, there is far less by way of excuses when it comes to the abuse of an elderly individual in a nursing home. It makes most people sick to think about an elderly and vulnerable individual being physically or sexually abused. However, these are issues that need to be talked about in order to prevent any more elderly loved ones from falling victim to such violation.

At an out-of-state nursing home, a horrible nursing home owner has been charged with injury to an elderly person, ordered to pay fines totaling $350,000 and ordered to never open another nursing home again concluding the investigation into the claims of nursing home abused leveled against this woman.

This Elder Abuse Story Shocks Milwaukee for Good Reason

Prosecutors report that the woman made two elderly residents wear around their necks bags filled with human waste. This is a kind of torture so unimaginable; she was treating the victims like they trash rather than people. There was no dignity or care in her treatment. Investigators shut down the nursing home two years ago.

If a family in Wisconsin has the horrible suspicion that their loved one is not being properly taken care of, action is imperative. An experienced legal attorney can help a family make sure that their loved one is tended to in a caring manner, and additionally seek recourse if a loved one faced a serious lapse in care.

Source: KRISTV.com, “Former Nursing Home Owner Facing Abuse Charges Today,” Janine Reyes, April 11, 2013

Our firm has experience handling similarly upsetting cases in Wisconsin. For more information or to schedule a consultation, contact a Milwaukee personal injury attorney with Domnitz & Domnitz, S.C.

January 31, 2013 by Domnitz & Domnitz, S.C.

Another Case of Elder Abuse in Wisconsin

Wisconsin woman charged with abusing elderly patient

On behalf of Milwaukee personal injury attorney Ric Domnitz of Domnitz & Domnitz, S.C. posted in Nursing Home Abuse on Thursday, January 31, 2013.

The thought of someone abusing an elderly individual is so unsettling that many of us cannot stand the thought of such a situation. Unfortunately, there are people that victimize vulnerable individuals put in their care. Accordingly, a 50-year-old Wisconsin employee of a nursing home in New Lisbon has been charged with abusing a patient under her care.

Reportedly, the 50-year-old nursing home employee was seen by multiple certified nursing assistants to be physically and verbally abusing an 86-year-old patient. One employee reports hearing the woman threatening to break the victim’s fingers.

Accordingly, this awful woman has been criminally charged with felony counts of abuse of a patient and aggravated battery. In similar situations where an elderly individual has been victimized through abuse or neglect in a Wisconsin nursing home, the family can also pursue further justice through a nursing home abuse and neglect claim.

When a vulnerable, elderly individual is abused, this can cause serious consequences that extend beyond the cuts and bruises an abuser might inflict. Such abuse can severely impact an individual’s will to live, often causing the victim to struggle in the midst of a defeated mental state. In some instances this can mean that a victim will stop eating and become malnourished.

In order to protect an elderly individual from an abuser and the secondary consequences of such abuse, it is important for families that have suspicions that their loved one is being abused to address this issue as quickly as possible. If it is found that an elderly loved one is being abused in a nursing home, a family should first make sure the victim is safe and then consider seeking the advice of an experienced attorney in order to pursue some form of justice on behalf of a loved one.

Source: Juneau County Star-Times, “Suspect in nursing home abuse case waives hearing,” Peter Rebhahn, Jan. 22, 2013

Our firm has experience assisting families that have been similarly impacted when their loved one has become a victim of nursing home abuse or neglect in the Milwaukee area. For a free consultation regarding a case of elder abuse in Wisconsin, contact a Milwaukee personal injury attorney with Domnitz & Domnitz, S.C.

Elder Abuse Story Shocks Milwaukee

Nursing home owner fined $350,000 for horrible abuse of residents

This Elder Abuse Story Shocks Milwaukee for Good Reason

Another Case of Elder Abuse in Wisconsin

Wisconsin woman charged with abusing elderly patient

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