What are some recognizable signs that assisted living center abuse could be occurring?

Stephen D. Phillips: Listen to your loved one about how they feel about their care, look around the home, and photograph any visible evidence such as pressure sores or bruising, then contact a lawyer.

Attorney Stephen D. Phillips · Nursing Home Abuse · 40-second answer

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First and foremost, listen to your relative or your loved one. Find out how they feel about their care. Find out if they’re happy, unhappy, satisfied, or unsatisfied. Look around the home. See what’s going on with regard to other residents of the home. Also, most importantly, if you see visible evidence of abuse or neglect, whether it be pressure sores, bruising, anything like that, take photographs. Take photographs on your cell phone. Don’t tell anybody, but contact a lawyer at Phillips Law Offices so we can discuss whether or not the evidence and the facts show evidence of abuse or neglect.

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