Arizona updates in category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

Conditions in Arizona nursing homes are so unsafe and alarming that state inspectors will not leave until all the problems have been fixed and are in compliance with state laws.Inspectors discovered nursing home abuse of patients that are unable to get the right medicines and seniors living in fear of being abused by abusive employees. In the past two years the numbers of Arizona nursing homes...

In a nursing home abuse case, the home was fined for failure to provide satisfactory care of a mentally ill patient and has been fined $1500. This was the second penalty that has been paid since October 31st. The nursing home paid $3500 after a March 2006 complaint investigation documented that a male nurse and two other staff employees were emotionally, physically and verbally abusive to seven...

A man has been arrested on charges that he hit a disabled resident of a nursing home where he was formerly employed. Williams was arrested today by law enforcement officers with the Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit for nursing home abuse.The arrest resulted from an investigation by the Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Units Patient Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation team,...

A worker at Highlands of Brighton claimed a male nurse abused two nursing home residents last Thursday. A spokesperson for Strong Health, Teri D'Agostino, said, "What was alleged was very harsh treatment... physical abuse." One of the residents died, two days later. Strong said, the woman had serious medical issues and her death wasn't unexpected. She was examined after the alleged abuse...

Monday, two employees of the Price Hill Nursing Home were charged with patient abuse and neglect after allegedly leaving patients unattended for many hours.Lanetra Smith, 22, of West Price Hill and Lamonica Duckworth, 26, of College Hill are being charged with patient neglect and abuse. Duckworth is also being brought up on charges for driving while on suspension.According to police, the...