Elder & Nursing Abuse Attorneys of Arizona

It is a horrifying fact that more than 31 percent of nursing home residents suffer from malnutrition and dehydration, according to a 2000 study by the National Citizens Coalition for Nursing Home Reform.

This means that the possibility of your loved one suffering from malnutrition and dehydration while in a nursing home rivals that of people struggling to survive in the Third World. More

Where once nursing homes residents were restrained by leather bonds or cloth ties, many nursing home staff are now relying on chemicals to sedate and to control residents.

A May 2011 United States Department of Health and Human Services study by the Office of the Inspector General found that 305,000 (about 14%) nursing home residents had Medicare claims for atypical antipsychotic drugs. Of these, about 1 in 5 residents were prescribed antipsychotics in a manner that violated government standards. For example, they may be given for too long a time or in too high a dose. More

A wrongful death complaint resulting from the death of Modesta Alvarado-Vega, 87, a former resident of the Harborage Nursing Home in North Bergen, has been filed in New Jersey Superior Court, Hudson County, attorneys for her surviving family members announced today. More>>