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Advocacy organization for disability and elder rights in America. Includes a comprehensive study of sexual offenders in nursing homes.
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Independent advocacy organization focusing on abuse and neglect in Australian healthcare facilities. Includes a list of sanctions, research articles, guides, checklists and statistics.
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A legal infomercial dealing with nursing home neglect. Refers potential prospects generated by this infomercial to local lawyers who have joined their organization.
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History of past citations, complaints and deficiencies related to elder abuse and neglect for all California nursing homes. Also providing legal updates and attorney referrals.
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The California Attorney General discusses Operation Guardians, a unique multidisciplinary facility inspection program. Gives elder abuse prosecution data from 1994 to 2003.
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Reports of serious physical, sexual and verbal abuse are numerous among the nation's nursing homes, according to a congressional report released on July 30, 2001.
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Despite repeated warnings, a local nursing home continues to lock elderly residents in their rooms or strap them to wheelchairs.
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Nonprofit organization helping patients who are victims of neglect or abuse in nursing homes. Includes consumer information on selecting a facility and filing a complaint.
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This non-profit organization dedicated to the prevention of elder abuse and neglect in nursing homes offers comprehensive information for professionals and consumers.
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A consumer and advocacy group for long term care.
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For each state, list of nursing homes on the Watch List indicating severity of warning based on history of actual harm and immediate jeopardy.
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Comprehensive series of articles on preventable deaths in U.S. nursing homes by St. Louis Post Dispatch investigative reporters Andrew Schneider and Phillip O'Connor.
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These investigative reports discuss the high rate of abuse and neglect and review examples of corruption in the long term care industry.
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Offers information on abuse in a nursing home setting and residents rights. Includes a series of news articles and streaming videos.
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United States GAO testimony of Leslie Aronovitz before the Special Committee on Aging, U.S. Senate (March 2002).
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Florida organization dedicated to nursing home reform to prevent elder abuse and neglect. Includes a list of Residents Rights.
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A congressional committee's findings indicate that elderly abuse cases are often not reported to police or disregarded altogether.
