0000002617 00000 n Im not depressed, Im just in constant agony. By using this website, you accept the terms of our Visitor Agreement and Privacy Policy, and understand your options regarding Ad Choices. The charge nurse stood over my bed and pointed her finger at me and said "I had better get up and walk down hall and get with it". I begged them to take me to another place, but Peachford saw that I had great insurance and before the doctor ever saw me, he insisted on five days of treatment What they do not tell you is that Sundays and holidays do not count as one of your days. I was there last week and the descriptions in these reviews are still accurate. Shelp answered the e-mail that Sunday night, asking for more information. 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And so I couldnt believe that they would just leave the kids unsupervised for any period of time, the mother said. I never received a call from her social worker until I threatened to report her on her voice mail. There are a number of different group therapy modalities, including support groups, experiential therapy, psycho-education, and more. They did not care to communicate with me or my child. I am a healthy eater and a vegetarian. I don't know where these people got their "degrees", but I would not be surprised if they were mail ordered. I asked the doctor once I was finally released if he knew what happened to his patients once he sends them to peachford, and if he knew of the abuse they suffered in there, and he said he had no idea. The staff was rude & and uncaring. After Ridgeview I don't think I am going to Grady!? Later, Crouch said, Shelp told him his staff had assured him the state facilities had enough beds to handle the long weekends demand, Crouch said. NEVER EVER allow your child to go to Peachford or even consider sending your child there. x- [ 0}y)7ta>jT7@t`q2&6ZL?_yxg)zLU*uSkSeO4?c. R -25 S>Vd`rn~Y&+`;A4 A9 =-tl`;~p Gp| [`L` "AYA+Cb(R, *T2B- My brother received a black eye, allegedly from, falling out of a chair. Also, brag on staff members when they do any slightly nice gesture, like give you a tylenol when you have a blinding migraine. I talked to an anonymous source who was recently sent to an emergency mental health facility called Peachford Hospital in Dunwoody, GA. My friend was having suicidal ideations, and the hospital concluded that they were in need of help from an emergency facility. Peachford Hospital released a statement saying, Our facility is staffed to meet the needs of the patients we care for. Much of the article is based on documents that had been prepared to show state officials the extent of the situation. I'm ready to SUE! Case opinion for GA Court of Appeals CHARTER PEACHFORD BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SYSTEM INC v. KOHOUT. Worse than a nightmare in my case. Richard finally got into the Cobb crisis unit. FYI : CCHR IS a Scientology front shop. 0000008048 00000 n But the patients, he said, rarely see psychiatrists during their time in an emergency room. Peachford Hospital | Behavioral Health Treatment | Atlanta, GA Peachford Hospital takes patient privacy seriously. n3kGz=[==B0FX'+tG,}/Hh8mW2p[AiAN#8$X?AKHI{!7. Theresa W. spent 78 hours in the emergency room at Emory Adventist Hospital in Smyrna, even though she had been accepted at Northwest Georgia Regional Hospital more than 24 hours earlier. At the recommendation of my child's psychiatrist we took her to Peachford due to depression. It is the biggest fraud I have ever seen. Next thin I know, EMS was a my door and took me to Northside Hospital. Peachford was one of the best places I could have ever gone. I have never felt so hopeless in my life and will probably need several weeks to recover from the trauma of what was supposed to help me. I am looking for an attorney to sue. is cash Although we were assured our child would be allowed to catch up on sleep we discovered she was woken up with the rest of the unit at 7:30AM. Also, staff stole half of the things I left for my sister. 0000001543 00000 n The number of state hospital beds is not going to do anything but go down, he said. They treat patients like criminals. The AJC also analyzed state data on hospital admissions and interviewed health care executives, physicians and others. Advocates for people with mental illness have urged that direction for years, Wilson said. Peachford Hospital is a private rehab located in Atlanta, Having suffered the worse night of my life, the next morning I was hyperventilating, the pain was so bad I was close to fainting, and I couldnt feel my face because it had gone numb, and I collapsed. Any [censor] knows you can't just stop after taking for 20+ years. Second, the doctors and staff are not there to put you in your place and teach you right from wrong. Instead we had groups starting at 10am until 8:00pm, with breaks for lunch and dinner. I told them I needed a sleep apnea machine and without it I could die in my sleep, so they brought me a useless oxygen machine, and when I told them I needed an apnea machine they just laughed in my face, like they did when I asked if I was in withdrawal . Middle steps including making direct amends to those who've been hurt by the addiction, and the final step is to assist others in addiction recovery in the same way. But then the state hospital delayed transporting Elizabeth; she ended up spending 116 hours, or almost five full days, in the emergency room. My daughter's 1013 hold was up on Friday. Many are psychotic or suicidal, a threat to themselves or others a volatile group of people not getting the psychiatric care they need. Dual diagnosis gives rehab the means to treat addiction while restoring mental and emotional health. I told them that i don't have good insurance so they insist me staying there another night. Peachford Hospital review: Unreal situation. They have all caused me significant emotional, psychological and physical trauma that I doubt I will ever get over. They said the bruises on my face and the inside of my thighs were from restraints needed to keep me calm. Sep 14, 2012 8:43 pm EDT. The Joint Commission, formerly known as JCAHO, is a nonprofit organization that accredits rehab organizations and programs. I could have died. 95 0 obj <> endobj HyTSwoc [5laQIBHADED2mtFOE.c}088GNg9w '0 Jb I hoped as a parent with no control that floyd hospital in ga was sending my child to a place that could help him. I was admitted on a 1013 after having what I can only describe as a nervous breakdown. I am still traumatized as a mother from the admit process and what they did to my daughter. WSB-TV Channel 2 - Atlanta facebook feed(Opens a new window), WSB-TV Channel 2 - Atlanta twitter feed(Opens a new window), WSB-TV Channel 2 - Atlanta instagram feed(Opens a new window), WSB-TV Channel 2 - Atlanta youtube feed(Opens a new window). We just keep on building services to take care of them here.. During my time here, all the other patients should be investigated to even make sure DUNWOODY, Ga. A hospital that treats people for addiction issues is being criticized after someone smuggled in drugs and gave them to at least three patients. it was pretty serious. Contact Us; Pay Your Bill; Careers; Search for: Programs & Services. She then tried to lie and told me she called me several times. I was outraged, the mother, who asked not to be identified to protect her son, told Petchenik. Are patients going to have to just sit tight until Tuesday? Crouch wrote. The food was inedible. They didn't tell him that he needed to call me with the patient ID number. He waited for 7 hours in the waiting room at Peachford. Additional calls to numbers marked with a label like ad will be primarily routed to advertisers of the website. 4" %=+hJ\c1dmXt[@,qt@"`B. 6DTlbxt3L& My grandmother said she doesn't even know how long she was laying on the floor crying for help . And the Peachford counselor and a state hospital employee again argued over Richards veterans benefits. They would roll their eyes at each other no matter if the patients were still standing there or not. She was placed in peachford and only there for 4 days. Peachford Hospital - Georgia - investigtion thread. Signed, Waste of money and that is all this place wants is your money and insurance. I was NOT given my meds as promised, I had a migraine and asked them to call Dr.Bruce Bosses the medical director at North Fulton. Mar 05, 2014 6:44 pm EST. This station is part of Cox Media Group Television. The 72 hour stay is only a way for these torture hospitals to make money. We offer a safe environment for children, adolescents, adults and seniors to find healing from emotional, psychiatric and addictive diseases. I had to call the Hospital Pharmacy (talked to Marcia, THE ONLY POLITE AND CARING PERSON THAT I MET AT PEACHHFORD) and asked what I should do, they called Kroger Pharmacy and finally this problem was solved. Thank you Melissa McMahon. Kid running and them hiding shanks etc but I am writing these sitting with my son waiting tosee a psyciatrist and realized that peach has given me the wrong follow up for. On the weekend, the staff is severely limited and unable to do anything more than medicate and babysit. Featured review. 0000004584 00000 n They cut me off all my psychiatric medicines cold turkey. BBB File Opened: 7/14/2006. The fourth day brought no change, at first. Georgia law requires the state to provide or pay for hospital treatment for psychiatric patients who need it, said Crouch, the Peachford executive. I met wonderful people who are still my friends today and so many of them looked up to me and it warmed my heart so much when Happy Tails brought the puppies for us to see. They acted as if every patient with a question or, God forbid a request, was an inconvenience and would blatantly tell other staff members, in front of other patients, what the problems with "this one" was. I was also blessed with a very sweet social worker who told me to talk to her if I ever needed anything, plus Mr Perry can put a smile on anyones face as long as you have the right attitude going in here. This hospital caused more trauma and stress to my child and to me. There was only one for the 40+ patents, and it was perpetually covered in vomit, blood and diarrhea, all caused by forced discontinuation of drugs you were on, reactions to new medications, and Womens monthly periods, and some patients had HIV, so that put the rest of the patients at risk. All said they had no space. He was admitted to the Regional Hospital in Athens, Ga on Tuesday October 3rd around 5 pm. And the irony is if you are raped in Georgia the only program is at Grady. First of all he said they stripped searched my 10 yr old son then threatened to put him to sleep with "the needle" . I was drinking one night and said the wrong thing. Medical detox is done by licensed medical professionals who monitor vital signs and keep you safe, healthy, and as comfortable as possible as you go through detox and withdrawal. Worst of all they recommended she put a sheet or a pillow case on her head instead! I have PTSD from being there. 15-01119-315 August 1, 2017 VA Office of Inspector General Washington, DC If you have a disability, they couldn't care less. Emory was great though and I appreciate the treatment I received from them. Recently one of the doctors was indicted on several counts of sexual aggravation of a patient. He called me the day he arrived. I was denied my opioids necessary to treat my medical problems while they locked me in a waiting area for over 10 hrs, all the while I had been due my next dose, but when I went to the nurses area they slammed the door in my face twice. To all who read this DO NOT GO TO PEACHFORD HELL! - Nurse from UHS-owned Pembroke Hospital in Massachusetts, in a letter to hospital administrators regarding an incident with teenage patients that occurred one week after one From being physically assaulted by hospital staff, which left me bruised and in excruciating pain. At Barrow Regional Medical Center in Winder, patient Patrick E. came to the emergency room that Friday. For more than 15 years we have helped nearly 50000 customers resolve their issues and will never stop striving to ensure further improvements on our platform for a better communication between companies and customers. ATT: To the VICTIMS and their families, There are also alot of videos by the CCHR posted on Y-Tube, Knowledge Is Power!They are the "Citizens Commisson on Human Rights" and they are here to educate and inform the plubic about the EVIL dark truth about Psychiatry! They attribute it to Georgias effort to shift from a mental health system dominated by a few regional in-patient institutions to a more diffuse one based on treating patients in their communities. I am glad you did not have a horrific experience there like I did, but it sounds like you weren't sick and didn't need to be in a hospital in the first place. Like the previous patient stated above, "If you weren't crazy before you went in, you would be when you left." They should be shut down. It is 2 months later and, like i stated, I'm still waking up with vivid nightmares that I am in THAT PLACE. Or the head of the unit thought she had that power. But there was no information about how difficult these meds would be to find in a normal drugstore. When I was leaving, people were "submitting" themselves in for "treatment." By that point my pain was out of control, and it has been out of control since. Everyone that is posting here needs to file a complaint on Peachford Behavioral Health system of Atanta Founded in 1951, the Joint Commision's mission is to improve the quality of patient care and demonstrating the quality of patient care. WE ALL NEED TO PLACE A COMPLAINT. Peachford Hospital specializes in the treatment of They leave long and lasting scares! After doing research the medication she was on is not approved for people with dementia or memory loss. Children. His words were I dont have time as he looked at his watch, even though I was supposed to get a meeting with him every day.,He just said again that he didnt have time, which was his excuse for most of the days I was there. My husband was very calm on the phone, he was not agitated, and the hospital staff said to him; Sir, don't be overdramatic and beligerant. Calls to numbers dedicated to specific provider listings will be routed to that provider. This was the best way to get away from my parents for 6 days and have no contact with people from the "real world" I even cried when I had to leave. %PDF-1.4 % . Georgia. But the placement counselor complained that other patients were admitted while Richard had been passed over, according to the summary. I have retained an attorney and he will be more than willing to listen to you if you have a valid claim. The bathroom showers were actually made of granite during my stay there and I have never eaten a better chocolate cake or tilapia ANYWHERE else. I was in Peachford for 3 days, just returned home yesterday. I went to Peachford in april of last year. The sleeping arrangements were horrible. Until you see a doctor, you are not allowed in the cafeteria and are given a plate of whatever. But its the best we have to offer at this point.. They have left me with so much damage and severe PTSD I will have to do lifetime counseling and I dont think I will ever truly recover. So if I was a risk to myself as his nurse claimed I was, why did he then neglect me completely once I was in there? For almost two years I would wake up from having a dream that I was being chase by a white light. The first day, they treated us extremely well. To being shot up with unknown drugs and thrown into a legit cell with nowhere to sit but just concrete all around me. One poor girl who was sitting next to me one morning and had her head in her hands and just gently said man, Ive got a headache was met with this by the unit head you do that again and I WILL send you to unit 8! And I have never been forced to use a more disgusting toilet in my life. Richard P. was distraught. While investigating the incident, a second victim, identified as a 33 year old man of Manassas, walked into an area hospital, also suffering from stab wounds to his upper body. I was a little appalled that after only 5 days in the hospital and being administered Subxone while interned, they were discharging him with no medicine, and nothing planned to deal with withdrawals. A girl admitted after me was let out a day earlier than I because she had no insurance, so they weren't making money off of her. When my Patient rights was violated at Peachford; I told the patient advocate the day i got released; she told me that there would be an investigation into the violation and to call her back in a week; I called her back; got transferred to her voicemail; let voicemail after voicemail and still haven't got a response. Peachford Hospital 2151 Peachford Road, Atlanta, Georgia, 30338 2.4 ( 137 Reviews) Call (770) 455-3200 See All Photos Facility Center Details Detox Services Residential Treatment Not my child's and the mothers name isnt my own. Rehab.com is not a healthcare services provider or treatment facility and does not provide medical advice of any kind. They would many times come in the room, 2 staffers together, and stay for extremely long, unnecessary periods of time. Guy Sommers (collectively "Peachford") after her mother died while a patient at Peachford. They screamed at patients for no real reason. WebGeneral Medical and Surgical Hospitals Hospitals Health Care and Social Assistance Printer Friendly View Address: 2151 Peachford Rd Atlanta, GA, 30338-6599 United States Phone: Website: www.peachford.com Employees (this site): Modelled Employees (all sites): Modelled Revenue: Actual Fiscal Year End: Year Started: ESG ranking: ESG industry average: Yes, the beds were not comfortable but what do you expect from a pysch ward, cmon! I had pain issues before which is why I was on the opioids, but what they caused is a different pain than before, and its unrelenting. I am looking into exposing this place and the staff and filing a formal complaint. should I consult a lawyer? Comparable statistics for other periods were not available. After arguing with his former wife, he checked into a motel, looped a belt around his neck and tried his best to take his own life. Write a Review Claim this listing Well she didn't see the doctor until 7:30PM so she was confined to her room the whole day. Outpatient is not meant to be the starting point, it is commonly referred to as aftercare. Located in the beautiful Dunwoody neighborhood of Atlanta, Peachfords facilities feature individual units for children, adolescents, adults and seniors, serving residents of Georgia and beyond. At Peachford, our team of professionals are passionate about making a difference in the lives of patients. Hope is what drives us. Like many other reviews, being treated as criminals is so accurate. I stopped a car outside my house because I was afraid to go back inside, and begged them to call 911 for an intruder in my house. He kept me an extra day because he "thought" I was not ready (or my insurance would cover it - more $$$ for Peachford). Unfortunately when the large black man that beat and raped me did so he didn't introduce himself. On Richards first day at Emory Adventist, placement counselors from Peachford tried to transfer him to Northwest Georgia Regional Hospital in Rome, to Cobb Countys state-funded crisis stabilization center and to two similar facilities. Read More Business Details. On June 13, University Hospital in Augusta posted an urgent message on a Web site called the Georgia Hospital Resource Report: Psych saturation. As written by others, is is policy for the "nurses" to do bed checks every 15 minutes. Some of the most disturbing allegations in Georgia are connected to Peachford Hospital, a mental health facility in Dunwoody. He also saidhe was in two fights, witnessed a child ringing to excape with patents busting him out, a girl trying to stabb a nurse and kids hiding Shanes under their beds. www.dch.georgia.gov [protected], I tried to Call Ms.Barbara several times and keep getting her voicemail; I've stopped trying to go into in-patient when need be; I'm trying to get into the Riverwoods PHP program down in Riverdale; Heard it was good, WE AS A GROUP NEED TO STOP THE ABUSE AT THIS MENTAL HOSPITAL. They checked me every 15 minutes flashing a light in my face. I suffered terribly in there too, and I now suffer from deep trauma and doubt I will ever be the same again. My other doctors did nothing. The articles prompted the U.S. Justice Department to open a civil rights investigation into Georgias mental health system. 2151 Peachford Rd, Atlanta, GA 30338. My Parkinson's meds where withheld. Peachford didn't even call me till 8 hours later . Submit a complaint and get your issue resolved. It's been years, and I still have nightmares about that place. %%EOF 12-step programs are addiction recovery models based on Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). does anyone know who she is and what happened? A number of substance abuse programs (including some drug and alcohol rehab centers) use the 12 steps as a basis for treatment. Each time a hospital employee would claim the prior fax was lost. Please everyone else needs to contact them. 30346, 41 Perimeter Center East , Without my pain meds I was in sheer agony, my whole body was searing in pain and I kept running my arms under the cold tap but to no avail. It was cold at night the blankets were thin and they told us when to go outside and when to use the restroom. 2 Peachtree Street, NW dual diagnosis. is physical activity helps people feel better! If parents can't do that, then maybe jail can. My son was admitted to Peachford Hospital on November 3, 2015 with severe depression and suicidal ideation. This is amazing . They took away smoke breaks with no warning. The mother of one of those patients is angry. Child Acute Inpatient; Child Partial Hospitalization; I asked him to sign release of information so I could talk to a doctor. trailer As far as the nurses/counselors - they treated us like criminals. I should also mention that on the following day, nurses, doctors, and staff forgot to administer his medication and it was not until he called me at 4 pm that he mentioned this to me and I urged him to do approach a professional about this, at which time they gave him all but one medicine, an important antipsychotic that he had been taking. 113 0 obj<>stream Poorly run facility. Those waits coincide with Georgias efforts to negotiate a settlement with the U.S. Justice Department, which has alleged that conditions in the state hospitals violate patients civil rights. I got a call from the director of the program after he had been there three days, saying that another patient had brought in some pills, which they believed were LSD, and pass it around to the other patients, she said. Placement counselors tried to get one state psychiatric hospital and five crisis stabilization units to admit her. Please call me at [protected]. We were assured she would see the doctor first thing in the morning. It didn't work. And they are always placed on your upper leg. The staff was abusive and cruel, and would verbally attack me for questioning any of the papers they were trying to force me to sign. She just had surgery and a blood transfusion last week. Physiotherapist, lost job and marriage close to a divorce. Its not enough. 0000004154 00000 n B. Burningknight2013 of Lithia Springs, US. When I went to the nursing station, I questioned her on ever med. We arrived at 7:45PM and it wasn't until 2:45AM the next morning that our child was assigned a room. All I needed was a medication switch that could easily have been supervised outside of the hospital, yet his nurse lied to me, lied to the police and lied on my medical notes. I agree it wasn't an experience that i ever want to go again. 0000002962 00000 n wiki researcher. Psychiatric patients, however, crowded into emergency rooms through the weekend. They were nothing as what the doctor told me he was giving me. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks]. I was severely depressed and crying most of the time, and the staff said I needed to suck it up and my hormones must be messed up. 0000008282 00000 n B. Brooke O of Lawrenceville, US. My heart breaks for loved ones who think they're doing something positive for a family member and then find out what this place is really like. Then, due to a lack of beds, his case summary said, Barrow ultimately chose to send the patient home without any treatment.. Ofcourse I questioned everything they did. They Smyrna police did nothing. And when the humidity is high I am now in crippling pain. A nightmare. I never did go to cardio rehab after having open heart surgery because I was still trying to get my husband cardio rehab from over two years ago paid for. These hospitals need to be stopped. They have destroyed me as a person. They did absolutely NOT ONE thing to help my daughter who was diagnosed with depression. The additional costs, health care executives said, reflect longer waits for transfers to state hospitals. But known to the fact that I would never actually hurt myself my parents still dawned on me that I needed to be put into a mental hospitalI have no mental illness and there was no point of me going there but to waste money. I get lock up because I got angry with my new health insurance on the phone and they think I am going to [censored]. He was required to strip completely naked, searched and then told to crawl around in a circle naked. Theres nowhere else for them to go, Green said. They said I was going to rehab at Peachford. The whole unit was terrified of being sent there because it was known as a unit where they sent patients that were very unstable and where there was excrement on the walls. He was admitted to the Regional Hospital in Athens, Ga on Tuesday October 3rd around 5 pm. No matter, you know, what the conditions are, the mother told Petchenik. Most rehab facilities in Georgia provide patients with a dual diagnosis. Don't tell people, "you got into this mess and they are there to put you in your place and teach you right from wrong." I had checked myself in this hospital to receive some help. Psychiatry is a HOAX ! Visit: Rehab.com/marketing, By clicking Get Help, you agree to Rehab.coms, This site is compliant with the HONcode standard for. My cousin was a patient here and is a normal educated person. Was not given anti rejection medications until after missing 6 doses for a newly transplanted cadaver organ. The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customers satisfaction. I would never wish his place on my worst enemy DO NOT GO TO PEACHFORD!
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