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HAVE YOU BEEN A VICTIM?
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In 1999, an investigation 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."
Headlines included:
- "Safe, clean and fed. Too much to ask?..."
- "Nursing home resident death and injuries tied to safety
rails ..."
- "Elderly overlooked, critics say..."
- "Bed rails kill frail, elderly..."
- "Bed linens not changed, pain medication
not given..."
- "Facilities understaffed, workers untrained
..."
- "Raw, bleeding pressure sores ..."
- "Who Cares? ..."
Anyone
who has a loved one living in a nursing home should know that nursing
home residents have a right to a good level of care and that there are
laws the United States that provide for enforcement of that right.
Federal laws included in the Nursing Home Reform Act are enhanced by
regulations enforced by the states to protect the rights of nursing
home residents. "The threat of a lawsuit, says Sarah Greene Burger,
interim executive director for the National Citizens' Coalition for
Nursing Home Reform, is one of the biggest weapons nursing home
residents and their families have against deficient care."
You have the a right to information about nursing homes.
- Medicare and Medicaid facilities are required by law to let you
see their survey (inspection) reports. Ask the ombudsman to help
you interpret the findings.
- The Your state licensing agency has a record of nursing home
violations and of complaints filed against nursing homes in your
the state.
- The number of staff (especially nursing assistants) should be
sufficient to give residents the care and personal attention they
need.
Nursing home residents have the right to be free from physical or
mental abuse. They cannot be isolated from other residents against
their will. They cannot be restrained (tied down) or given drugs as a
restraint if restraints are not required to treat their medical
symptoms. Restraints may not be used to punish a resident or to make
it easier for the nursing home staff to care for the resident.
Nursing home residents have the right to choose their personal
physician, be informed about their medical care and treatment, and
the right to refuse treatment.
If nursing home abuse or negligence has violated your family member's
rights, you may be entitled to compensation.
The Medlaw Legal Team of Janet, Jenner & Suggs LLC is committed to representing victims of nursing home abuse
and negligence both locally and nationally. (National
representation is accomplished in association with local counsel at no
additional legal fees to you, and if suit is filed, with approval of
court.)
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