Elder & Nursing Abuse Attorneys of Arizona

1. Visit your loved one at their nursing home often. Besides giving you and your loved one a chance to interact and connect in-person, visiting their nursing home allows you to get to know the staff and the other residents whom they interact with on a daily basis. Since the majority of nursing home abuse and neglect is committed by someone familiar to the victim, regular visits with your loved one may enable you to spot nursing home neglect or abuse before it becomes deadly.

2. Remain calm and professional anytime you are working with a nursing home staff. Establishing calm and even friendly relationships with the nursing home staff at your loved one’s long-term care facility allows you to better monitor their care. It also means that the nursing home staff is more likely to respect and respond to any questions or concerns that you may have about your loved ones long-term care. More

The State of Arizona is questioning the definition of elder guardianship.  They are asking, “Is it elder care or elder abuse?”  Many people retire in Arizona because of the beautiful, warm climate.  However, those that have to live in a nursing home are not aware of the possible nightmares that they can have, especially if they have a guardian taking care of their business.

The Maricopa County Courtroom has had cases of elderly people being taken to nursing homes against their will and they were not allowed to have visitors, including their own family. A family cannot force a loved one to get medical help, but a court-appointed guardian can.  In one specific case, it was a guardian from the Sun Valley Group in Tempe.  They supposedly offer, “Support for client’s physical, social, emotional and mental health.”  They also take over all personal finances.  However, the Sun Valley Group did not get the individual medical help, did not pay her bills and allowed her home to go into foreclosure.  The group paid more attention to the her money, not her health.

If you have a guardian caring for a loved one and find he or she is caring mostly for your loved one’s money and not his or her health, I suggest you contact an experienced Elder Abuse Attorney who will investigate the matter for you.  An elderly person not only deserves love and proper attention, but he or she deserves respect.