Mary Dow Brine
The woman was old and ragged and gray And bent with the chill of the Winter’s day. The street was wet with a recent snow And the woman’s feet were aged and slow. She stood at the crossing and waited long, Alone, uncared for, amid the throng Of human beings who passed her by Nor...
Joe frequently speaks to audiences across the country on nursing home abuse and neglect law. He authored the Empowered Caregiver Program which teaches family members how to confidently and effectively advocate and protect their loved ones in a skilled nursing facility. In this episode of The Nursing Home Abuse Podcast by Georgia trial lawyers Rob...
Rose is a 72 year old widow living in the nursing home for the past 3 years with relatively little difficulty. She had a minor stroke a few years back which caused relatively minor neurologic damage on the left side of her body causing her to have a slight drag in that foot. At the...
Proud to be joining the team at Bedsore Law where I will be serving as an Of Counsel member. I will oversee expansion into Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia. Read more
Pressure ulcers occur when pressure causes damage to the skin. There are 3 main risk factors to developing a pressure ulcer: immobility, increased pressure skin, and an interruption of the blood flow. Many nursing homes and assisted facilities will tell you that a bed sore is unavoidable. But here’s what the law says: Nursing homes...
The largest organ in the human body is the skin. The enemies of the skin are pressure, moisture, and sheering forces. As skin ages it becomes less elastic and on the cellular level, less sturdy. Skin tears, abrasions and decubitus ulcers (bedsores) and other breaks in the skin expose your loved one to dangerous and...
I want you to remember this and remember it well: “A nursing home is a business.” While many nursing homes are not for profit or so called charitable organizations, the large majority of them are a business like any other. And just like every other business they have one main goal; to make money. If...
