From AZCentral: “Few public records exist that track resident-on-resident harm in Arizona’s senior living industry.
Assisted living facilities, which are state regulated, don’t have to report all resident injuries to their licensing agency, the Arizona Department of Health Services. Nursing homes, which are federally regulated, have to report injuries to the Health Department, but little attention is paid to altercations between residents, which researchers say are often the result of neglect or poor care.
The Arizona Republic built a first-of-its-kind database that chronicles incidents in which residents hurt other residents or staff in senior living facilities across the state.”
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Query AZ Republic’s Database of Incidents of Residents Hurting Each Other
“Reporters requested police call histories from every Arizona nursing home and assisted living facility that serves more than 10 people. Reporters then requested incident reports for those calls stemming from assault, domestic violence, fight, sex offense and abuse calls, including variations of those keywords.
The database reflects incidents The Republic found from either police or state reports that documented alleged or substantiated physical contact between residents or between residents and facility employees. Reporters contacted more than 50 facilities and companies that own these facilities to get their reactions to the incidents included in the database. Only a handful responded.”
