Residents Rights and Protections for Nursing Homes

Course overview

This course discusses residents rights in nursing homes across the United States. It briefly touches on the abuse and neglect that many patients suffered prior to the enactment of the Nursing Home Reform Act of 1987. You'll learn about the positive changes that the Act brought to an unregulated system, including staffing changes, expected responsibilities of nursing homes, the certification & survey process for Medicare and Medicaid funded facilities, and most importantly, a detailed list of rights that each resident of a nursing home is entitled to.