Negligence
Negligence
Any licensed medical practitioner can be sued for negligence.
Neglect is any failure to provide reasonable, expected care for the well-being of a resident of a group home.
It doesn’t matter if the person responsible for care meant to neglect the patient or not.
The staff in the group home is responsible for knowing what care is needed and to provide it.
Examples of group home neglect:
- Failing to provide adequate medical care; mental health care and dental care.
- Not monitoring a patient’s health conditions.
- Not providing adequate care to prevent diseases, like bathing, toilet use, and changing clothes.
- Failing to keep rooms and living areas clean and sanitary.
- Inadequate food, nutrition, or water.
Neglect can impact mental and emotional states of a person.
Residents may suffer from depression, fear, or anxiety from lack of good care.
They may become isolated socially or become bored and depressed from lack of mobility and activity.
When cleanliness is neglected, patients may suffer from both physical harm and emotional harm.
Neglect can cause physical pain, mental anguish, unnecessary suffering, and loneliness.
Failing to provide what is needed to sustain the health of a person,
regardless of the length of the deprivation, including,
without limitation,
the denial or unreasonable delay in providing:
(a) Food or liquid at a time when it is customarily served; or
(b) Medication.
The caregiver will not let you visit with your loved one in private
National Standards
National standards
And state laws
Charge guardians to encourage and support visitation
‘Isolation leads to an increased risk for depression, mental decline and mental illness – even early death.’
Steven Hockenberry is a licensed Mental Health Counselor.
He should know this.
BUT –
His Master Guardian title will go away!
This. Can. Not. Happen.
Period.
Visitations will reveal the abuse and neglect
Steven stands to lose the most.
His license – practice – patients.
Negligence
Would YOU trust your mental health to someone like him?
His priority is money and power.
His actions towards Casey AND Casey’s family prove this.
He knows how his actions will impact the mental health of Casey and his family.
New patients!
He knows how to inflict pain.
Anguish.
Suffering.
Torture.
Inhumane perception.
Failing to consider the mind of another person impacts the mental state of a person
It makes inhumane acts like torture easy.
Dr. Edgar Schein’s ideas were put into action in the late 1960s and overseen by federal prison psychiatrist, Dr. Martin Groder.
He moved difficult prisoners to remote prisons to cut family ties by making visits harder.
Isolated
Deprived of mail
Interests
Excitement
Their internal defenses – weakened
The ability to control the prisoners – increased
A prisoner abandons his attitude of self – privileges!
If not – mental torture continues.
Indefinitely.
Just. Like. Casey.
Yes.
He IS good.
I wonder.
Does he know?
Does he know that his actions will destroy HIS career? HIS life?
Like he is destroying Casey and HIS family?
Patience is immune. To a point. She IS NOT LICENSED.
Steven Hockenberry’s actions call to question the actions taken with his clients.
The trust is no longer there.
The actions of Steven Hockenberry impact more lives than he knows.
Congratulations Steven.
Job well done.
Dr. Schein would be proud.