Statute of Limitations
Damages Cap
Statute of Limitations
Damages Cap
- None. (Arizona Constitution, Article 2 (Declaration of Rights), Section 31 (Damages for death or personal injuries)) (Title 12 (Courts and Civil Proceedings), Chapter 6 (Special Actions and Proceedings By Individual Persons), Article 2 (Death By Wrongful Act), §12-613 - Measure of damages; nonliability for debts of decedent)
- 14 days; certified mail, personal delivery, publication. (Title 14 (Trusts, Estates, and Protective Proceedings), Chapter 1 (General Provisions, Definitions and Probate Jurisdiction Courts), Article 4 (Notice, Parties and Representation in Estate Litigation and Other Matters), §14-1401 (Notice; method and time of giving)
- Arizona Department of Health Services
- Division of Licensing Services - Office of Long-Term Care Licensing (Nursing Homes)
- Arizona Division of Aging and Adult Services
- Arizona Adult Protective Services
- Adult Protective Services – Title 46 (Welfare), Chapter 4 (Adult Protective Services)
Bad nursing homes generally have a pattern of poor care. There will always be isolated incidents at even the most well staffed facilities. However, when repeated incidents occur within a brief period of time there are usually deeper problem with the facility....
The azstar.net reported that the Santa Rosa Care Center has been ordered to pay $17,500 in fines for more than two dozen violations that relate to patient safety. An April inspection by Arizona nursing home inspectors revealed the following problems...
As of May 20, 2009, the Arizona Department of Health Services gave the nursing home a quality rating of “A,” which is Excellent. However a closer look into the facilities recent past reveals problems that threaten patient safety. On June 22nd, the nursing home agreed to pay $1,450 in civil penalties for failure to implement their own policies on skin care, change of condition, and wound monitoring for one resident. During a state investigation, inspectors discovered sixteen violations of state and federal rules...
Fact is most nursing homes and other long-term care facilities rely in small or large part on funding from Medicare. Most elderly do not have the assets to live in swank nursing homes that have maid service and four star chefs. Part of the nursing homes responsibility in accepting Medicare and Medicaid funding is that it must meet certain criteria and standards.
This article highlights how the Santa Rosa Care Center, in Tuscon, Arizona recently lost its Medicare funding due to its failure to protect residents from sexual abuse. The article further reported that inspectors found residents at the facility to be in 'immediate jeopardy'. 'Immediate jeopardy' is the term nursing home inspectors use to describe conditions that are so severe that they will not leave the facility until the condition is immediately addressed...
A Scottsdale, AZ nursing home resident died after in the burn unit of an area hospital. According toreports, the 89-year-old woman died after she apparently set herself on fire while smoking on a patio. The woman was left unattended while the woman's caretaker was in the kitchen at the facility.
When paramedics arrived at the nursing home, they found that the victim was burned when her dress caught on fire. The resident told paramedics that she was outside smoking and tried to burn off a loose thread on her dress with a lighter. Apparently the dress caught fire and she received 3rd degree burnsover 40 to 50 percent of her body.
About Jonathan Rosenfeld
Jonathan Rosenfeld is a lawyer who represents people injured in nursing homes and long-term care facilities. Jonathan has represented victims of nursing home abuse and neglect throughout Illinois and across the country. Jonathan’s reputation as an aggressive advocate for the…