For-Profit Facilities and Neglect

Study Links for-profit Nursing Homes With Increased Risk of Neglect

A recent study in the International Journal of Experimental, Clinical, Behavioural and Technological Gerontology concluded that residents of for-profit skilled-nursing facilities are “diagnosed with substantially more clinical signs of neglect than patients residing in not-for-profit facilities and low-functioning, community-dwelling patients.”   Methodology   The study, led by Lee Friedman, an associate professor in the University…