http://www.ga-nursing-home-lawyer.com ... helping Georgia families fight nursing home abuse & neglect Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:23:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Georgia nursing home attorneys are constantly evaluating pressure bed sore cases.  They are such a serious problem in nursing homes in Georgia that Medicare has threatened to stop paying for the care of a bedsore if it is acquired after a resident is admitted into a nursing home.  A recent ... http://www.ga-nursing-home-lawyer.com/bruises-that-can-kill-a-bed-sore-primer What is a pressure ulcer? A pressure ulcer (also known as bedsore or pressure sore) is a dark or red area, a break or a deep, crater-like wound in the skin caused by pressure. Pressure ulcers usually develop over bony parts of the body – the tailbone, hips, heels, elbows, shoulders.  ... http://www.ga-nursing-home-lawyer.com/pressure-ulcer-fact-sheet There is some good news today on pressure ulcers.  Advancing Excellence is a national campaign to improve the quality of nursing homes.  The group just announced, on its 2 year anniversary, that of its members' residents 11.4% suffered from pressure ulcers.  The national average is 12.1%.  This means the campaign ... http://www.ga-nursing-home-lawyer.com/national-campaign-reports-decrease-in-pressure-ulcers As I discussed in my Pressure Ulcer Primer, the primary cause of bedsores (also known as pressure ulcers, decubitous ulcers, or pressure sores) is staying in one position for too long without shifting your weight.  Just as the label suggests, PRESSURE is the critical factor causing these wounds.  In a ... http://www.ga-nursing-home-lawyer.com/what-causes-bed-sores-pressure-ulcers The US News and World Report just compiled its top ten best and worst states for nursing home in the United States.  It ranked Georgia nursing homes second worst, behind Louisiana which had the number 1 spot.  The magazine created its list by examining the percentage of nursing homes in ... http://www.ga-nursing-home-lawyer.com/georgia-2nd-worst-state-for-nursing-homes The San Diego Union-Tribune is reporting a nursing home patient died while in the home's care for rehab post hip surgery.  The patient had fallen one time, so he was a known fall risk.  The nursing home put a monitor on him which notified the staff whenever he got out ... http://www.ga-nursing-home-lawyer.com/preventable-fall-costs-resident-his-life-and-nursing-home-100000 Arbitration clauses are one-sided, non-consensual agreements found in nursing home admission agreements (i.e. contracts) that waive a person's right to a jury trial.  They are a take-it or leave-it proposition in that a family either must sign the agreement or forgo skilled nursing home care for their loved one.  Multiple ... http://www.ga-nursing-home-lawyer.com/georgia-overturns-arbitration-clause-in-nursing-home-contract A local New York paper just reported a certified nursing assistant (CNA) is facing criminal charges for "hitting, grabbing and punching the visually and dementia-impaired woman ... leaving her with a broken collarbone and facial bruising." The other nursing home staff noticed the injuries the next morning and immediately ... http://www.ga-nursing-home-lawyer.com/nursing-assistant-facing-criminal-charges-for-physically-abusing-resident The Associated Press is reporting the family of a 69 year-old nursing home resident filed a lawsuit against a nursing home for failing to protect her from a 21 year-old mentally ill (bi-polar) resident.  The lawsuit alleges the 21 year-old displayed aggressive sexual frustration and was a convicted felon.    The ... http://www.ga-nursing-home-lawyer.com/illinois-lawsuit-alleges-sex-attack-at-nursing-home [caption id="attachment_4" align="alignright" width="150" caption="David Brauns"][/caption] I started Brauns Law in February of 2008 after spending years working for several large insurance defense firms.  Insurance defense firms are law firms hired by insurance companies to defend their Insureds (i.e. the people they insure like nursing homes, nurses, doctors, etc.).  I was ... http://www.ga-nursing-home-lawyer.com/about-david