As the population ages, more families of the elderly are relying on assisted living or in extreme cases nursing homes to provide medical care by skilled nurses and aides. Many families are not able to provide this daily care, so they count on these facilities to provide qualified services to ensure their loved ones are given the care they deserve. Nursing home abuse occurs when a resident of a nursing home or other facility is malpracticed upon, physically abused, raped or sexually assaulted, kept over sedated or endures verbal or emotional abuse. Our elderly deserve respect and gentle care in these facilities, so at The Pittman Firm, P.A., we put these considerations foremost in our representation of the elderly against nursing homes that refuse to do the same.