Tag: Long Term Care

Celebrating Residents Rights Month: Awareness of dignity, respect and the value of every Nursing Home Resident

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October is Resident’s Rights Month! Since 1981, Nursing homes across the country have dedicated a week in October to Resident Rights. The celebration was expanded to the whole month in 2011 by the National Consumer Voice. This year’s theme is “Speak Up: Know Your Rights and How to Use Them.” The Consumer Voice notes that this […]

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Celebrating Residents Rights Month: Awareness of dignity, respect and the value of every Nursing Home Resident

.Reading time 8 minutes.

  Photo Credit: http://rosenspearslaw.com/resident-rights-month/ October is Resident’s Rights Month! Since 1981, Nursing homes across the country have dedicated a week in October to Resident Rights. The celebration was expanded to the whole month in 2011 by the National Consumer Voice.  And this year’s focus is My Vote Matters!  Celebrating Resident Rights is an excellent way to empower […]

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