In 2009 the federal government found that nearly 1/3 of all nursing homes in the United States had received citations for abusing and neglecting their residents.
According to the official report, the House Government Reform Committee conducted a search of all abuse violations recorded at nursing homes from 1999 to 2001.
It found that a total of 9,000 incidents of nursing home abuse were reported. More than 5,200 nursing homes receiving citations for abusing or neglecting their residents during that time. The government admits that its findings severely underestimate the incidence of abuse in nursing homes. Continue reading