Advocates for improvements in nursing home care are working to change the law so that nursing homes can be held to a higher level of accountability. Nursing homes in a particular state are more deficient with the “right to correct” rather than being penalized for sub-standard care.
“When making the difficult decision to place a loved one in a nursing home, family members deserve to know that the facility is adequately regulated to ensure their loved one is safe and well cared for,” said an advocate for nursing home reform. “In [this state] today, those assurances do not exist.” For more, read the story.
