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There are thirty six million people in this country over the age of sixty five. Many of these older adults will require the services of an assisted living facility or a nursing home at some point in the future. While many of these facilities are staffed with dedicated, hard working and caring people, some older adults may find themselves vulnerable to various forms of neglect and abuse by an undertrained and uncaring staff at another facility.

These same older adults are often unable or unwilling to communicate their abuse to visiting family and friends for fear of retribution by their abusers. It is believed that elder abuse is often under reported for that reason. Estimates say almost one million senior citizens are the victims of nursing home abuse each year.

Add to that statistic that nursing homes have become a dumping ground for people with mental illness. Younger and stronger residents of nursing homes with depression, schizophrenia or bipolar disorder are living next to frail senior citizens and sometimes lashing out at them. The National Citizen's Coalition for Nursing Home Reform says the nursing homes are failing to provide a safe environment for the frail elderly population entrusted to their care.

If you live in Dothan, Alabama or the surrounding area and your loved one has been the victim of nursing home neglect or abuse, please contact an experienced nursing home abuse attorney at The Cochran Firm Dothan, Alabama office today to schedule a confidential consultation at no cost to you to find out about your legal rights.

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