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

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

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.

Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect Attorney Steven Peck

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Attorney Steven Peck has been practicing law since 1981. A former successful business owner, Mr. Peck initially focused his legal career on business law. Within the first three years, after some colleagues and friend’s parents endured nursing home neglect and elder abuse, he continued his education to begin practicing elder law and nursing home abuse law.


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