Oversight

Chinese long-term care growing, lacking oversight and regulation, similar to U.S. decades ago, researchers say

March 15, 2011

The growing demand for nursing homes in China has dramatically outpaced the government's ability to provide oversight, leaving that country's long-term care industry in a state similar to that in the U.S. 40 or 50 years ago, according to a new study.
 

Consumer advocates to ask for more regulation of assisted living at Senate roundtable today

March 15, 2011

Assisted living should be subject to more government oversight and regulation, at least one consumer group is expected to recommend this afternoon at a Senate Special Committee on Aging roundtable.
 

Provider group supports review of nursing home survey system

June 03, 2010

The American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging has endorsed a new bill that would reevaluate the current state of nursing home oversight.
 

Appeals court rules that nursing homes can be sued for private civil rights violations

July 07, 2009

A federal law related to the oversight and inspection of nursing homes creates a legal pathway for private civil rights lawsuits to be filed against nursing homes in cases of alleged wrongful death, a federal appeals court recently decided.
 
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