ELLIJAY, GA – An incident Friday night, August 25, saw a resident exit the premises of the Gilmer Nursing Home & Rehabilitation Center and consequently fall down the hill, sustaining injuries.
Eyewitnesses tell FYN the resident was seen at the bottom of the hill where paramedics were providing care.
Unfortunately, the resident later died from the injuries received during the incident. According to officials in the nursing home, the outer doors are programmed to automatically unlock when a fire alarm is pulled. An official statement from the facility does not specifically state who pulled the alarm, but it is this situation that resulted in the resident exiting the building.
Nursing home faculty are not commenting on the situation, but have provided FYN with the release about the incident.
At approximately 10:00 p.m. on Friday, August 25, 2017, the fire alarm at Gilmer Nursing Home was pulled, causing the exterior doors to automatically unlock as required to ensure that residents can be safely evacuated if necessary. Unfortunately, a Resident exited the building during the alarm and fell. As a result, the Resident sustained multiple injuries, was transported by Gilmer County EMS and later died from these injuries. Gilmer Nursing Home is fully cooperating with the investigation of this incident.
At this time no information is confirmed about who the resident was or the status of the subsequent investigation.
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The explanation provided by the nursing home is plausible, and if true, is just a very, very unfortunate thing.
I drove by when this happened there was no fire alarms going off whatsoever !!!!! Looks like another cover up for not watching the patients . Doors should have been locked down and it was after visiting hours so if people were doing what they got paid for that poor woman but it never got out them doors
I didn't know you could hear fire alarms from your car? Wow. News to me and everyone else. There's not visiting hours any how so that point is irrelevant too.
Great response
They should had been watching her but I bet they was doing other things someone should pay for this ars close it down I know it want bring her back if they can't do there job cloes it praying for the family and I hope and pray they do something about this
Spell check Louann. You assume the facility's staff is incompetent and I assume you're ignorant. We are both basing our opinion on what we have read. Who is Correct in their assumption?
I have spent the last 6 years visiting my Mom in that place. Unless you have been there inside the doors like I have, then you really don't know what went on in there. I have seen things that should not have been happening to those residents.
Well if it's such a awful place. Why did you leave your mother there for six years. I think if I had a loved one there and had your feelings about it I would have moved her someplace else. But then maybe you didn't care. My mother has been there for 2 years and they take good care of her and the other residents.