When a room is packed with extra beds, medical equipment, or clutter, caregivers run out of space to safely move a resident from bed to wheelchair or bed to bathroom. That tight squeeze is often where a fall happens, or a transfer goes wrong. In Atlanta nursing home cases, the physical condition of a resident's

If you suspect a loved one is being abused or neglected in an Atlanta nursing home, call the Georgia Department of Community Health, or DCH, first when there is any risk of ongoing harm, then loop in the Long-Term Care Ombudsman to help protect your loved one's rights going forward. DCH investigates complaints and can

Suspecting that a loved one is a victim of sexual abuse is a heavy burden to carry. You are worried, scared, and unsure if your suspicions are even true. You do not want to ignore what you have seen, but you also do not want to point fingers unnecessarily and risk being wrong. We understand

A fall in a nursing home is not always just an accident. Sometimes it starts with a pill. Antipsychotic drugs are meant to treat serious mental illness. But many Georgia nursing homes still hand them out to older residents who only have dementia or who are simply hard to manage. These drugs sedate people. They

A bruise on the arm. A fracture with no clear cause. A parent who tenses up when one certain aide walks into the room. These are not small things. They are often the clearest signs that physical abuse is happening in a nursing home, and families across Atlanta see this pattern more often than they