Advocacy organization for disability and elder rights in America. Includes a comprehensive study of sexual offenders in nursing homes.

Independent advocacy organization focusing on abuse and neglect in Australian facilities. Includes a list of sanctions, research articles, guides, checklists and statistics.

Non-profit organization dedicated to protecting the rights of nursing home residents. Offers advice to prevent or report abuse and lists the most common issues.

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.

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) survey focused on systems to prevent nursing home abuse and neglect.

Offers changes in monitoring nursing homes and public accountability such as unannounced inspections, a public website to report problems, and protection for whistle-blowers.

The California Attorney General discusses Operation Guardians, a unique multidisciplinary facility inspection program. Gives elder abuse prosecution data from 1994 to 2003.

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.

Despite repeated warnings, a local nursing home continues to lock elderly residents in their rooms or strap them to wheelchairs.

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.

This non-profit organization dedicated to the prevention of elder abuse and neglect in nursing homes offers comprehensive information for professionals and consumers.

NCCNHR offers publications, fact sheets, advocacy tips, federal laws and regulations focused on abuse/neglect prevention. Includes government policy and legal updates.

For each state, list of nursing homes on the Watch List indicating severity of warning based on history of actual harm and immediate jeopardy.

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.

These investigative reports discuss the high rate of abuse and neglect and review examples of corruption in the long term care industry.

Offers information on abuse in a nursing home setting and residents rights. Includes a series of news articles and streaming videos.

Arkansas Coroner referrals confirm weaknesses in state and federal oversight of quality of care. Includes recommendations from the United States Government Accountability Office.

Describes pressure ulcers development with a focus on prevention. Includes photographs of decubitus ulcers.

United States GAO testimony of Leslie Aronovitz before the Special Committee on Aging, U.S. Senate (March 2002).

General information on elderly abuse by neglect.

Florida organization dedicated to nursing home reform to prevent elder abuse and neglect. Includes a list of Residents Rights.

A congressional committee's findings indicate that elderly abuse cases are often not reported to police or disregarded altogether.