Elderly nursing home residents are at the mercy of the staff they interact with on a daily basis. If those staff members become negligent or abusive, the resident can suffer physical injuries, emotional damage or worsening conditions. It is necessary to recognize the...
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What are the different types of elder abuse?
Thousands of Georgia residents have family members who reside in assisting living centers, or other facilities commonly referred to as “nursing homes.” Sometimes, people need help with the day-to-day parts of their lives, and these types of facilities can be very...
Use of restraints in a nursing home can lead to psychological damage
While individuals might put nursing home negligence and nursing home abuse into different categories, the outcome is generally the same. Whether the harm is caused intentionally or through inattention, elderly nursing home residents will likely suffer injuries or...
Bedsores remain a deadly health issue in nursing homes
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...
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...
Don’t let signs of emotional elder abuse slip through the cracks
When someone close to you lives in a nursing home, it’s probably part of your visiting ritual to ask them how they are doing. If they were to say they feel fine, then you’d probably believe it. But if they give you any reason to believe that they aren’t safe or...
Research finds elder abuse injury patterns
Physical abuse of the elderly is illegal. But proving physical elder abuse in a criminal trial or personal injury lawsuit faces obstacles because abuse with physical injury is difficult to recognize. But recent research reveals identifying patterns that may...
Signs a nursing home might neglect residents
The decision to have a loved one move into a nursing home isn’t ever one that’s taken lightly. Anyone who’s in this position needs to ensure that they are taking steps to keep the resident safe. One important thing that you should do is visit the facility and watch...
What are the signs of elder abuse?
Putting a loved one into a nursing home is a delicate situation. While you are looking for someone to be able to take care of your elder, you also want to be sure they will not harm them. When staff members of a home commit elder abuse, knowingly or otherwise, they...