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 Early this year, 18% of Arizona nursing homes were recently targeted by the Center for Medicaid and Medicare services as being high-risk for pressure ulcers and/or physical restraints.
If you or a loved one has been injured from physical restraints in an Arizona nursing home, our knowledgeable Nursing Home Abuse lawyers can conduct a thorough investigation of the facility, including an in-depth look at the history of the nursing home to determine if there has been a pattern of substandard care or insufficient staffing practices.
Research clearly shows the problems associated with the use of physical restraints in nursing homes and long-term care facilities. These include an increase in the frequency of incontinence, the development of pressure ulcers and the incidence of infections. The use of physical restraints can also contribute to the decline in a resident’s physical functioning, such as walking and other daily activities, as well as an increase in joint dysfunction, which often leads to an increase in falls that result in serious injuries. Some methods of restraining nursing home residents have even caused entrapment and strangulation.
While consequences restraints in nursing homes have long been recognized by health care providers, there are distressing emotional affects from restraining elderly residents. Nursing home residents often become more agitated and confused when restrained to their beds and chairs. They can become fearful and anxious when they struggle to remove a restraint or seek help from someone else to do it for them.
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 Ultimately, their fear and frustration can turn to anger, causing them to be verbally or physically aggressive toward others. This, in turn, can lead nursing home staff to respond by having a doctor prescribe medication to calm the person, and sometimes, to retaliate against the resident. This cycle can lead to the elderly patient becoming depressed and withdrawn.
Nursing home residents in Arizona who are restrained risk losing their autonomy, their personal dignity and their self-respect. Often times, family and friends of restrained residents will avoid visiting the resident because they, themselves, feel painfully helpless in being able to improve their loved one’s situation.
James Morgan, one of the reputable Nursing Home Abuse Attorneys at our firm, is dedicated to representing those who have been injured by nursing home abuse, neglect and medical misconduct and are committed to helping prevent nursing home abuse and neglect by diligently defending the rights of nursing home residents. If you or your loved one is suffering from being restrained in an Arizona nursing home or long-term care facility contact nursing home abuse attorney James Morgan for a free Arizona Nursing Home Abuse consultation.
Our Arizona Nursing Home Abuse law firm represents victims of nursing home neglect, abuse and medical malpractice in Surprise, Gilbert, El Mirage, Avondale, Tempe, Scottsdale, Tucson, Pima County, Yuma, Yuma County, Flagstaff and Arizona Nursing Home Neglect cases in Coconino County Maricopa County, Phoenix, Mesa, Glendale, Peoria, Chandler, Sun City, Sun City West, and Fountain Hills.
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