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| NURSING HOME NEGLELCT
Negligence and medical malpractice in nursing homes, hospitals, and other healthcare facilities is more prevalent than one would expect. In fact, an investigation in 1999 by the U.S. General Accounting Office showed that 25% of the nation's 17,000 nursing homes "had serious deficiencies that caused actual harm to residents or placed them at risk of death or serious injury."
If you, or a loved one, is currently in the care of a nursing home facility, you should understand the legal rights that are afforded to anyone living in a nursing home. Nursing home residents and patients have a right to a quality level of care and United States laws provide for enforcement of that right. The Federal Nursing Home Reform Act, as well as specific state statutes, protect the rights of nursing home residents.
Your rights include:
- The a right to receive information about nursing homes.
- The right to the survey/inspection reports of Medicare and Medicaid facilities.
- The right to view the record of complaints and violations filed against nursing homes. This is available through the state licensing agency in the state the nursing home is located.
- The right to a sufficient number of staff, including nursing assistants, to give residents quality care and the personal attention that they require.
- Nursing home residents have the legal right to be free from physical and mental abuse. A resident cannot be isolated from other residents against their will, nor can they be restrained, (i.e. tied down) or administered drugs as a restraint, unless restraints are specifically required to treat their medical symptoms. Restraints may never be used to punish a resident or simply facilitate the caring for the resident by the nursing home staff.
- Nursing home residents have the right to choose their own personal physician and be informed about their medical care and treatment
- Nursing home residents also have the legal right to refuse treatment, if they so desire.
If nursing home abuse or negligence has violated your or a loved one's rights, you can get a FREE consultation with a Top Nursing Home Negligence Attorney in your area who can offer sound legal help and assistance with Wrongful Death, Malpractice, Negligence, Auto Accidents, Airplane Crashes, Patient Neglect, and all Personal Injury claims. Simply complete the form at the top of this page.
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