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Survey on Americans' Views of Nursing Homes
Considering recent new stories about nursing home quality and government financing of long term care, we thought you would be interested in a recent national survey by The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and the Harvard School of Public Health. It found that Americans see an important role for nursing homes in caring for those not able to care for themselves, yet they also voice significant concerns about the actual quality of care nursing homes provide. In general, many Americans have concerns about the staffing at nursing homes, with most agreeing that nursing homes don’t have enough staff (80%) and believing that the staff neglects at least some residents (77%). People who have substantial experience with a friend or family member in a nursing home, or have been in a nursing home themselves, have generally positive views about the care provided, although a significant minority say that the person they know has had problems. About one in four say the person they know has received poor quality care in the nursing home, including being treated badly or abused by the staff (25%); developing bedsores or skin ulcers (23%); or being overmedicated (23%). The majority of Americans see an important role for the government in long-term care, both in oversight and in financing. Sixty-six percent agree there is not enough government regulation of nursing home quality, and 70% favor the government doing more to help pay the costs of nursing home care, even if it would require a substantial increase in taxes. The survey highlights with a chartpack and toplines can be found at http://www.kff.org/content/2002/3171/.
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