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Many people living in Kentucky eventually need to move into a nursing home or will need to place family members in one. While everyone hopes that they or their loved ones will receive compassionate, competent care, abuses do occur. In such cases, it is important that victims and their families have recourse against the facility.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, some nursing homes have made it difficult for abused residents and their family members to take action due to contracts that require aggrieved parties to seek arbitration before going to court. In some cases, the arbitration process is cumbersome, lengthy and biased, making it difficult for victims to receive compensation. <\/p>\n

For this reason, some advocates support laws and regulations that would restrict the use of arbitration clauses in order to make it easier for nursing home abuse<\/a> victims to file lawsuits against the facility and its management.<\/p>\n

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Many people living in Kentucky eventually need to move into a nursing home or will need to place family members in one. While everyone hopes that they or their loved ones will receive compassionate, competent care, abuses do occur. In such cases, it is important that victims and their families have recourse against the facility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[33],"class_list":["post-82","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nursing-home-abuse-neglect","tag-nursing-home-abuse"],"yoast_head":"\nNursing home abuse — Kentucky Injury Law News — October 13, 2017<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Many people living in Kentucky eventually need to move into a nursing home or will need to place family members in one. 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