Significant remedies exist to redress the injuires suffered by Skilled Nursing Facility patients through a facility's patterned neglect and abuse,. The Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act (EADACPA) contains powerful provisons ( see California Welfare and Institutions Code Sections 15657 - 15657.5) that under certain conditions permit postmortem survivial of personal injury damages, including damages for pain and suffering, and mandate an award of attorneys fees for abuse and neglect of an elder involving egregious conduct.
Punitive damages are often available based on the the patterned "conscious disregard" (see California Civil Code Section 3294), and these and other damages could be trebled in an action brought by an elder or a dependent adut. ( see California Civil Code Section 3345).
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