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Transcript: Emotional abuse, defined as the infliction of mental pain, anguish, or distress on an elder person, either through verbal or nonverbal acts, is the most common form of elder abuse reported to protective agencies. Physical abuse and financial exploitation are regarded as the second and t...

Transcript: The term elder abuse means any knowing, intentional, or negligent act by a caregiver, nursing home staff, or any other person that causes an injury or a serious risk of injury to a vulnerable, elderly adult. The Georgia legislature has passed many laws protecting the health and well bei...

Transcript: Nursing Homes and assisted living facilities must operate to a reasonable degree of care. When the nursing home breaches this duty of care, and as a result, your loved one is injured, they are liable for the injuries. There are several types of issues, accidents, intentional conduct,...

Transcript: Yes. If your loved one has been injured at a nursing home or assisted living facility, and that facility is responsible for causing that injury, then yes, you may sue that facility for neglect. There are all kinds of ways in which nursing homes or assisted living facilities may be he...

Transcript: If you suspect that your loved one has been abused in an Atlanta nursing home or assisted living facility, then I encourage you to report the abuse with the Georgia Department of Community Health, Healthcare Facility Regulation, at 1-800-878-6442. You may also file a complaint against t...

Transcript: If you see that your loved one is in immediate danger, then I encourage you to call 911 and request emergency services and the local police department. If the danger is not necessarily immediate, or you simply suspect that abuse has occurred, start with calling the Department of Comm...

Elder abuse doesn't have to be physical or emotional to qualify. It can also be financial. A shocking case right in our home town shows just how far a caretaker can go to mess with a patient's financial life. Luckily, the perpetrator was caught and is now going to federal prison. The nursing home...

The rules that control whether or not a nursing home gets federal funding are contained in the Federal Nursing Home Reform Act. A family tried invoking that act while seeking compensation for a medical malpractice case, but they were denied. The incident was that a resident at a nursing home who ...

No nursing home is ever completely perfect, but there is a certain standard of care that must be maintained in order for a facility to receive public funds. Inspectors regularly go to nursing homes to find out if they are meeting the standard of care. If not, they let them know what went wrong, what...

It sounds like a story out of a movie, but it's happening right now in New York. A real estate developer is accused of mistreating elderly patients in a facility he bought as part of a development project. An attorney who is handling several pending wrongful death lawsuits against the developer want...