Arizona State/County/City Links
Arizona Office of the State Long Term Care Ombudsman
The Arizona Ombudsman office offers services that pertain to such issues as quality of care, residents’ rights, and finances. The primary responsibility of the Arizona Ombudsman is to conduct investigations into complaints of abuse and neglect.
The Area Agency on Aging, Region 4 (AAA)
The AAA is a public/nonprofit private agency designated by the State of Arizona to ensure that the Federal Older Americans Act is followed. The AAA serves as an advocate for older adults and provides information, assistance, and other services.
Adult Protective Services (APS)
The Yuma APS office investigates situations where seniors and vulnerable adults have been subjected to, or at risk of, abuse, exploitation, or neglect.
Arizona State Board of Examiners - Nursing Home Administrators and ALF Managers
The Board investigates all complaints filed against nursing home administrators and ALF managers and enforces the practice standards of the Administrators and Managers.
Arizona Attorney General’s Office
Yuma Police Department
The Yuma Police Department provides protective services to the residents of the City of Yuma and conducts investigations into severe cases of nursing home abuse (i.e., sexual assault, severe lacerations, burns, etc.).
City of Yuma
National Resources – Elder Abuse and Neglect
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
This site provides comprehensive information for seniors including news, benefits and government programs. In addition, comparative information on nursing homes can be found here.
Family Caregiver Alliance
This site provides information with regard to care-giving issues, elder health matters, fact sheets, and more.
Federal Citizen Information Center - U.S. General Services Administration
This site provides Medicare and Medicaid publications, several of which address nursing home living.
National Institute on Aging
National Citizens’ Coalition for Nursing Home Reform (NCCNHR)
NCCNHR is a nationwide advocacy group for quality care in nursing home facilities. The NCCNHR offers information on elder abuse and elder care.
National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC)
This site offers information and resources for elder abuse victims and their families.
National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA)
NCEA serves as a national resource center for victims of nursing home abuse and neglect, and it also offers statistical information on elder abuse.
National Clearinghouse for Long-Term Care Information
This site is an online resource developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It offers information pertaining to services and financing options for long-term care.
National Committee on the Prevention of Elder Abuse
This site provides definitions of different types of elder abuse, and it also offers information on the signs and risk factors pertaining to elder abuse.
Senior Advocacy Groups
Governor’s Advisory Council on Aging
The Council develops and monitors programs and policies that affect Arizona seniors.
The Administration on Aging
The Administration on Aging site has information on the Older Americans Act, the federal legislation, and State Ombudsman programs, and it offers a variety of other resource links for seniors.
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization for people 50 years of age and over. The AARP provides information and resources for seniors, advocates on legislative senior issues, and offers its members a wide range of unique benefits, including discounted products and services.
The Arizona State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP)
SHIP is a free health-benefits counseling service for Medicare beneficiaries and their families or caregivers.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMMC)
The CMMC is a federal agency that administers Medicare and Medicaid. The CMMC regulates Yuma long-term care facilities with regard to Medicare and Medicaid services and benefits.
Coalition to Protect America's Elders (CPAE)
This coalition is a nonprofit national advocacy organization that was founded in 1997. The CPAE works closely with our nation's most prominent senior organizations and other advocacy groups to create a better public awareness of the conditions that exist in our nation's nursing homes and propose effective solutions for improving the quality of nursing home care.
The Doves Program
The Doves program is an Arizona advocacy group that offers a variety of services, including emergency, transitional and interim housing, and counseling to victims of elder abuse and neglect.
Medline Plus
This site offers an array of information on elder abuse and elder neglect.
IQ Nursing Homes
This site offers tools for seniors to access reporting information on long-term care facilities throughout Arizona. Such information includes reports of abuse and neglect.
Informational Links & Resources
American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging
The Arizona Attorney General’s Senior Citizen Protection Manual (Html Format)
The National Center for Assisted Living
Elder Abuse and Neglect: In Search of Solutions (American Psychological Assoc.)
On this site you will find facts regarding elder abuse and information on the signs of elder abuse and what steps need to be taken when elder abuse is suspected.
The Consumer Consortium on Assisted Living (CCAL)
This site provides helpful information with regard to assisted living and assisted living facilities.
Clearinghouse on Abuse and Neglect of the Elderly (CANE)
CANE is the nation's largest computerized collection of elder abuse resources and materials.
Helpguide
This site provides information for Yuma residents and other interested parties with regard to elder abuse and elder neglect and it offers an overview of the signs, symptoms and causes of elder abuse.
Medicare Compare
This site provides comparative information on long-term care facilities throughout the nation, including quality measures, inspections, and staffing.
Senior Citizen Bureau (SCB)
SCB is a national, nonprofit organization that provides an informational database where Yuma seniors and other interested parties can listen to fraud alerts, nursing home complaint histories and background information, and more.
Wikipedia
The Wikipedia site provides a variety of information on elder abuse and facts and statistical data.
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