CMS Fact Sheet: Your Rights and Protections as a Nursing Home Resident

The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare have developed a fact sheet that lists your rights in detail. You can access the fact sheet at https://downloads.cms.gov/medicare/your_resident_rights_and_protections_section.pdf.

For a summary of these rights, download our Nursing Home Resident Rack Card

 

Front of Nursing Home Rack Card with an elderly couple sitting on a bench. Smaller images feature other elderly couples.

This card was made possible by grants from the NH Bar Foundation, the US DOE, and the US DHHS: SAMHSA & ACL. This was published at U.S. taxpayer expense and is not an official communication from any funder.


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Disability Rights Center – New Hampshire is a statewide non-profit organization dedicated to eliminating barriers for people with disabilities across New Hampshire. DRC is the federally designated protection and advocacy agency for New Hampshire and has authority under federal law to conduct investigations in cases of probable abuse or neglect.


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