If you want to report nursing home abuse, you will have to follow a set procedure. Nursing home patients or their family members have the legal right to file complaints for any incident of abuse that may include sexual, emotional or physical mistreatment. There can be other forms of abuse also, such as neglect and self-neglect. As per the report published by the National Center on Elderly Abuse, the most potential victims of these types of abuses are older and female nursing home patients. When you file a complaint against a nursing home center, further investigations take place. If your report is find to be genuine and 100% true, you may be entitled for certain amount of money as compensation under the personal injury laws. Besides that, depending upon the severity of the incident, the nursing home authorities may also be punished by monetary fine or jail term.