Allie Gross

Nov 29, 2024 | ajc.com | Allie Gross

Three days after Carl “Jack” Johnson moved into Saxon Personal Care Home last November, police were called for help. The 76-year-old, who suffered from dementia, had wandered away, buthe was soon found about 600 feet from the Augusta facility. The incident should have been a warning for the 18-bed home to better monitor its vulnerable resident. Instead, it served as dark foreshadowing.

Nov 22, 2024 | ajc.com | Allie Gross

Responding to a call from a Centerville personal care home, EMS finds a resident with Alzheimer’s living in squalor and soaked in urine. Staff members could not recall the last time the resident got a bath. In videos uploaded to Snapchat, a caregiver at an Athens assisted living facility berates and torments a resident. In one video, the staffer lies and says the resident is in jail for murdering their spouse Another video shows a different resident screaming when the staffer enters the room.

Nov 21, 2024 | ajc.com | Allie Gross

Responding to a call from a Centerville personal care home, EMS finds a resident with Alzheimer’s living in squalor and soaked in urine. Staff members could not recall the last time the resident got a bath. In videos uploaded to Snapchat, a caregiver at an Athens assisted living facility berates and torments a resident. In one video, the staffer lies and says the resident is in jail for murdering their spouse Another video shows a different resident screaming when the staffer enters the room.

Oct 1, 2024 | ajc.com | Allie Gross |David Aaro

Rockdale County residents went to bed Monday night under the impression that a shelter-in-place order had been lifted following Sunday’s massive chemical fire at a local plant. But come Tuesday morning, the news was less conclusive and notably confusing. The county’s 90,000 residents woke up to learn some were still in harm’s way, and the order was back on — at least for some.

Sep 30, 2024 | ajc.com | Allie Gross

Before heading to work Monday, Matthew Todd checked out the official City of Atlanta account on the social media app X, looking for any updates or air-quality advisories following Sunday’s massive chemical fire 20 miles east in Conyers. “I read about the fire, saw the pictures, of course, and immediately thought, well, that’s not that far away,” said Todd, who was concerned about Day 2 impacts following the fire at BioLab, a plant that treats pool and spa water.