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| Nursing facility admission agreements: an analysis of selected content | | Author(s) | Anne J Kisor |
| Journal title | Journal of Applied Gerontology, vol 15, no 3, September 1996 |
| Pages | pp 294-313 |
| Keywords | Admission [nursing homes] ; Contracts ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This study uses content analysis to consider the prevalence of required nursing facility admission agreement content. The aim was to assess facilities' compliance with applicable regulations regarding nursing home residents' rights to full and accurate information on admission. Without appropriate information, potential consumers are unaware of the scope of their rights as nursing home residents. The study departs from previous research in that it considers the context of recent US nursing home reform legislation (the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, 1987 - OBRA '87) and the degree to which admission agreements reflect important changes in residents' rights requirements. The findings confirm the prevalence of problems and deficiencies in admission agreement language addressed in previous studies, and demonstrates the need for improvement in both clarity and accuracy of admission agreement content. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980513212 A |
| Classmark | LHB:QKH: 6QH: 4C: 7T |
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