Q: What is Nursing Home Abuse in Mississippi?

A: Nursing Home Abuse can be a combination of factors related to your loved one who is under the care of a Mississippi Nursing Home or caretaker facility.  It can even include physical injuries caused by the nursing staff or other residents of the nursing home facility.

Signs of problems may include, the following: open wounds, cuts, bruises or welts , emotionally upset or agitated, dehydration, malnutrition, caretaker can not adequately explain condition, extremely withdrawn & non-communicative, pressure sores or bed sores, elder's sudden change in behavior, unusual behavior (sucking; biting; rocking) , unclean conditions, loss of weight, begs for food, burns caused by cigarettes, caustics, acids, fecal or urine odor.