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What Is Considered Financial Abuse in Nursing Homes? 

Trusting a nursing home with a family member is always a difficult decision. When financial abuse occurs, it can lead to numerous complications. Financial abuse in nursing homes occurs when a person is exploited in any way. There are various times when the victim, often a senior or a person with health complications, may…

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How to Report Nursing Home Abuse in Georgia

Nursing home abuse in Georgia results in harmful consequences to the residents dependent on nursing facilities for care, leading to emotional anguish, injury, and even death. One of the most devastating circumstances surrounding this abuse is that residents are often unable to report the abuse themselves because of cognitive decline or the inability to…

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What are the Types of Nursing Home Abuse?

Nursing home abuse is one of the most unsettling types of abuse imaginable. And this abuse takes many forms. Even the most diligent family members can miss the signs of nursing home abuse, resulting in self-blame for the injuries to their loved ones. Becoming familiar with the types of nursing home abuse that occur…

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Georgia Slow to Investigate Nursing Home Abuse Claims

According to a federal watchdog agency, Georgia ranked as one of the worst states for timely investigations into claims of nursing home abuse last year. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Georgia nursing home residents at imminent risk of serious injury or death due to abuse are not able to…

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Georgia Slow to Investigate Nursing Home Abuse Claims

According to a federal watchdog agency, Georgia ranked as one of the worst states for timely investigations into claims of nursing home abuse last year. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Georgia nursing home residents at imminent risk of serious injury or death due to abuse are not able to…

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Nanny Cam Catches Nursing Home Abuse

Two women have been charged with nursing home abuse after a hidden nanny cam caught their physical assaults on tape. William John Parks, 89, lived at the Lynn Haven Health & Rehabilitation nursing home in Gray, Georgia. His family became concerned about possible abuse and installed a hidden nanny camera in his room. Earlier…

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Former Model Eaten Alive By Scabies in Nursing Home

A former model living in a Georgia nursing home died from a massive scabies infestation that ate her alive over the course of months or years. Rebecca Zeni, 93, died in 2015 from a scabies outbreak at the facility. Her official cause of death was septicemia due to crusted scabies, and despite being notified…

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What is Nursing Home Abuse?

With the Baby Boomer generation entering their final stages of life, the number of nursing home residents is higher than it has ever been before in the United States. While we expect that our elderly loved ones will be treated with care and respect while living in a nursing home facility, that is unfortunately…

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A Disabled Man in a State Institution is Killed allegedly by Staff Members, and the Estate Receives an $11M Bill from the State

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