[header] How to report nursing home abuse [title] Contact the nursing home. [step] The facility may not be aware of abusive behavior on the part of employees or other residents unless it is notified. [substeps] If the facility accepts medicare or medicaid, it is required to have a grievance procedure under federal regulations. 
There should be information about the facility's grievance procedure in the information you or the patient received when he or she moved into the facility. You also may want to tell the person's doctor, especially if the doctor is independent from the nursing home.