Have you recently visited a New York nursing home facility? Families send their loved ones to nursing homes under the impression that they are going to receive the proper care that they deserve. Unfortunately, this is not always the case.

As you can imagine, there are many forms of nursing home abuse that can occur. Many can be obvious and apparent such as financial abuse or physical abuse. However, there is a type of abuse that is not as apparent and is harder to detect and that is emotional abuse.

Unfortunately, when a nursing home resident becomes a victim of emotional abuse, it can affect their health and happiness. No one deserves to be a victim of emotional abuse.

As mentioned above, emotional abuse may not be as noticeable as other types of abuse. Forms of emotional abuse in a nursing home can include threats, intimidation by yelling, ridicule, being ignored by staff, becoming isolated from friends and activities and becoming a victim to menacing behavior.

If you believe that you have a loved one who has become a victim of this type of abuse, then you need to seek legal advice. You should contact a Long Island nursing home abuse attorney at the Law Offices of Rappaport, Glass, Greene and Levine at (800) 734-9445.