The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued new guidance for nursing home surveyors (inspectors), further defining and clarifying several important dimensions of care to help improve nursing home residents’ quality of life and environment. Click here for press release.
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Jill E. Sugarman, Esq., managing attorney of McLaughlin & Quinn’s Law For Life states that this new guidance will encourage facilities to adopt policies and procedures that will benefit all nursing home residents in many ways. She has seen many nursing homes in Rhode Island already adopting many of these ideas. For more information on nursing homes and other elder law questions, contact Jill at 401-421-5115 ext 215 or by e-mail at jsugarman@mclaughlinquinn.com.