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Nursing Home Abuse Topics
While nursing homes can often help improve the quality of life for our elderly relatives, negligent nursing home employees can sometimes injure our relatives by simply failing to do their jobs. In some cases, nursing home employees go out of their way to cause harm.
Although our Georgia Nursing Home Abuse lawyers can help you with your questions, we encourage you to read up on the more pressing issues affecting nursing home and nursing home abuse.
There are causes of nursing home abuse.
Stressful working conditions, particularly staff shortages, staff burnout and inadequate staff training are some of the factors that can lead to nursing home abuse.
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News about Nursing Home Abuse cases in Georgia and nationwide:
Pre-paid Funeral Scam Targets Elderly
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner today alerted senior citizens and their families to make certain they or their loved ones are not victims of a... Read more >
New Nursing Home Fire Safety Act
Senators Richard Burr (R-NC) and Christopher Dodd (D-CT) today introduced the Nursing Home Fire Safety Act of 2006. The legislation would authorize... Read more >
Definition:
The loss of voluntary control over bladder or bowel functions
Senility
Definition:
A term used to refer to the mental and physical deterioration of old age.
Geriatric Assessment
Definition:
An evaluation of an older person's physical, psychological, and social condition by a professional team of specialists. This team makes recommendations to the older person, family, and primary care doctor. Geriatric assessments are offered in geriatric evaluation centers and are generally associated with hospitals.
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Suwanee
Tifton
Warner Robins
Woodstock
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