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From the Desk of a Cleveland Nursing Home Injury Lawyer: Atlanta, GA Nursing Home Under Investigation for Abuse of 77-year Old

Talk to any nursing home injury lawyer in Cleveland. Nursing home abuse is a lot more common than people think. Just last April, a nursing home in metro Atlanta, GA was placed under investigation for the possible abuse of a 77-year old woman after she was rushed to the hospital with a three inch gash on her head. The wound required four staples to close and stop the bleeding on the brain, police reported, and still the nursing home has no explanation for what happened.

What’s more, the woman was found with severely ingrown toenails, poor hygiene and an open wound on the back of her hand covered with a bandage that was clearly days old.

“In my 15 years, I’ve never seen anything like that,” Snellville Police Detective O.J. Concepcion told Raw Story. “A lot of people put trust in these homes — these nursing facilities — to take care of their loved ones, and when you see hygiene and things are not being properly taken care of its concerning.”

And the hospital has yet to tell the family why.

“They just say it’s under investigation. They can’t tell us anything. Nobody is confessing, nobody is telling us anything,” the woman’s grandson, Ryan Sheppard, told WXIA. “She is bedridden. She is basically dependent on people to take care of her and that has not been done.”

Sadly, nearly one in three of the facilities we trust to care for our elders are abusive, according to the Special Investigations Division of the House Government Reform Committee. If you believe your elderly relative has suffered abuse, contact a Linton Law Firm nursing home injury lawyer in Cleveland today for a free consultation.