Bedsores, also known as decubitus or pressure ulcers, kill more patients each year than every type of cancer, except lung cancer, according to a study by a top UCLA researcher. Furthermore, the U.S. spends $26.8 billion a year on treatment costs for bedsores. The...
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Month: September 2020
Granny cam legislation block in Georgia Legislature
Many locals have probably heard of nanny cams, but the new use for hidden cameras are granny cams. Like their nanny counterparts, these hidden cameras are used to combat elder abuse by capturing video evidence of verbal, physical and sexual abuse. However, while nanny...
How important is supervision in a nursing home?
When a loved one is living in a nursing home, we expect them to receive the care and attention we cannot provide ourselves. Unfortunately, this does not always happen. Residents in some Atlanta nursing home facilities experience neglect or abuse, due in part to failed...
Senate passes dementia abuse protections
Approximately 10 percent of seniors over 60 have suffered some type of abuse. But people with Alzheimer’s and related types of dementia are more prone to elder abuse with some estimates going as high as 50 percent. Recent legislation passed the U.S. Senate to help...
Atlanta hospital sued for wrongful death after deadly car crash
You go to the hospital's emergency room to get treatment for a serious injury or illness. It's the last place you would expect someone would get killed in a car accident. Tragically, that is what happened to a woman at Piedmont Atlanta Hospital earlier this summer....