Inspections of California Nursing Homes Curtailed indicates Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Lawyer Steven Peck

Written by Adam Peck Category: Nursing Homes January 23rd, 2013 1 min read

Back in 2000 the State of California and local surprise inspection program called Operation Guardians, was commissioned spot nursing home abuse and neglect. But the program has been cut back in the wake of the state’s budget woes.

Peggy Osborn, head of the current Operation Guardians inspection team in Sacramento, said, “It’s sad. We did 70 to 90 a year when Lockyer began it. Now it is significantly reduced,” she said. “We’re still out there. But this is not a popular thing for the nursing industry.”

California has more nursing facilities than any state but Florida. “The City of Sacramento has more nursing facilities than the entire state of Arkansas,” Osborn noted.

The number of nursing homes has remained stable for more than a decade while the number of assisted living facilities, where government oversight is far less stringent, has skyrocketed. There are 15,000 assisted living centers in California alone. Although assisted living residents are more independent and physically fit, the potential for similar abuses increases as the residents age.

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Written by Adam Peck

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Adam J. Peck, ESQ is a principal with Peck Law Group, APC. In 2008, Mr. Adam Peck received his Juris Doctorate from Whittier Law School where he graduated Cum Laude. His practice is primarily dedicated to representing Elders, Dependent Adults, along with their loved ones and family members, who have suffered horrific personal injuries.