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Nursing home residents' rights are the legal and moral rights of the residents of a nursing home.[1] Legislation exists in various jurisdictions to protect such rights. An early example of a statute protecting such rights is Florida statute 400.022, enacted in 1980, and commonly known as the Residents' Rights Act.[2]
Specific rights protected vary greatly by jurisdiction. Types of rights protected include: dignity, medical privacy, pecuniary, dietary and visitation rights. Process rights, such as right of complaint, are also sometimes protected.[3]
- ^ Nevins, A.; Girling-Zanger, C. (1988), "Nursing Home Residents' Rights", The Gerontologist, 28 (6): 842–843, doi:10.1093/geront/28.6.842a, archived from the original on 29 January 2011
- ^ "Residents' Rights". Florida's Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program. State of Florida, Department of Elder Affairs. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
- ^ This paragraph summarizes material in the body; details and citations are found below. For examples of dignity and privacy rights, see #United Kingdom and #Canada. For pecuniary rights and rights of complaint, see #United States and #United Kingdom. See #Canada and #United States for rights of visitation.