Category: Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect

Phoenix is a popular destination for retirees, and Maricopa County is currently the fastest-growing county in America. In fact, in 2017 alone, Maricopa County saw

Stories of nursing home abuse in the news are all too common. From tales of sexual assault and neglect to theft and flat-out physical abuse,

Elder abuse comes in many forms. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, (CDC) elder abuse involves either an intentional act or a failure to

Imagine this scenario: Your beloved elderly mother is living in a nursing home when one of the caregivers physically assaults her, and there is ample

When you think of nursing home abuse, you probably think of physical assaults and neglect, and that’s natural, because elderly people in long-term care facilities

You may have heard the word ‘ombudsmen’ before, but only had a vague idea what it meant. The Arizona Ombudsman-Citizen’s Aide is the independent agency

New regulations by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), which govern nursing homes across the country that accept patients with Medicare and Medicaid,

As the Boomer Generation gets older, the nursing home population is expected to grow dramatically. While these facilities are designed to meet the medical and

We have written here before that nursing homes use binding arbitration agreements with nursing home residents to avoid juries seeing some of the horrible abuse