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…