Nursing home residents have the right to visitation. Specifically, 42 C.F.R. § 483.10(f) provides that residents have the right to…
Nursing home residents have the right to make their own choices. This includes basic life choices, the right to information…
Nursing home residents have the right to make their own choices. This includes basic life choices, the right to information…
Nursing home residents have the right to choose his or her attending physician. The physician must be licensed to practice,…
Appendix PP provides the following additional guidance regarding treatment of residents with impaired, or potentially impaired decision-making capacity: Definitions: “Court…
Appendix PP provides the following guidance regarding a resident's right to self-administer medications as provided in 42 C.F.R. §483.10(c)(7). If…
Nursing home residents have the same right to participate in the informed consent process as any other patient. 42 C.F.R.…
Nursing home residents have a right to exercise his or her rights as a resident of the facility and as…
Nursing home residents have a right to a dignified existence, self-determination, and communication with and access to persons and services…
42 C.F.R. § 483.5 defines the following terms: Abuse Abuse is the willful infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation, or…