What’s in the Nursing Home Residents’ Bill of Rights?
Federal law requires that nursing home patients be given the same services and same level of care regardless of whether who is paying for it — Medicaid or otherwise. The federal “bill of rights” for nursing home residents is at 42 U.S.C. 1396r(c)(4)(A): “(4) Equal access to quality care.(A) A nursing facility must establish and maintain identical policies and practices...