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  • A Perfect Cause: Advocacy organization for disability and elder rights in America. Includes a comprehensive study of sexual offenders in nursing homes.
  • Aged Care Crisis: Independent advocacy organization focusing on abuse and neglect in Australian facilities. Includes a list of sanctions, research articles, guides, checklists and statistics.
  • Beyond the Golden Years: A legal infomercial dealing with nursing home neglect. Refers potential prospects generated by this infomercial to local lawyers who have joined their organization.
  • California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform: 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.
  • Elder Abuse in Nursing Homes: The California Attorney General discusses Operation Guardians, a unique multidisciplinary facility inspection program. Gives elder abuse prosecution data from 1994 to 2003.
  • Elderly Abused at 1 in 3 Nursing Homes - ABCNEWS.com Report: 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.
  • Elderly Locked up at Nursing Home - Asahi Shimbun Report: Despite repeated warnings, a local nursing home continues to lock elderly residents in their rooms or strap them to wheelchairs.
  • Foundation Aiding The Elderly (FATE): 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.
  • Kansas Advocates for Better Care (KABC): This non-profit organization dedicated to the prevention of elder abuse and neglect in nursing homes offers comprehensive information for professionals and consumers.
  • National Citizen's Coalition for Nursing Home Reform: NCCNHR offers publications, fact sheets, advocacy tips, federal laws and regulations focused on abuse/neglect prevention. Includes government policy and legal updates.
  • National Nursing Home Watch List: For each state, list of nursing homes on the Watch List indicating severity of warning based on history of actual harm and immediate jeopardy.
  • Neglected to Death - STLtoday.com 2002 Report: 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.
  • Nursing Home Abuse Increasing - CBS News.com Reports: These investigative reports discuss the high rate of abuse and neglect and review examples of corruption in the long term care industry.
  • Protecting Seniors from Bedsores: Describes pressure ulcers development with a focus on prevention. Includes photographs of decubitus ulcers.
  • Scott A. Sanok, Esq.: Offers information on abuse in a nursing home setting and residents rights. Includes a series of news articles and streaming videos.
  • Shortcomings in Efforts to Protect Residents from Abuse: United States GAO testimony of Leslie Aronovitz before the Special Committee on Aging, U.S. Senate (March 2002).
  • The Coalition to Protect America's Elders: Florida organization dedicated to nursing home reform to prevent elder abuse and neglect. Includes a list of Residents Rights.
  • Why Some Elderly Attacks Go Unnoticed - ABCNEWS.com Report: A congressional committee's findings indicate that elderly abuse cases are often not reported to police or disregarded altogether.


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