They Want Docile Human Rights Watch Report on American Nursing Homes

Human Rights Watch Issues Report on the over medication of Nursing Home Residents in America
February 5, 2018

“With such vast numbers of nursing facility residents still getting antipsychotic drugs that many do not need, do not want, and that put their lives and quality of life at risk, federal and state governments need to do more to ensure that the rights of residents are adequately protected. An industry entrusted to provide care—and paid billions of public and private dollars to do so—cannot justify compounding the vulnerabilities, challenges, and loss that people often experience with dementia and institutionalization.”

(And this Trump gem when he overturned the Obama prohibition of binding arbitration agreements with Nursing homes) In June 2017, CMS did a complete about-face, issuing a new proposed rule that not only would eliminate provisions prohibiting pre-dispute arbitration, but also would allow facilities to deny admission to a resident who refuses to sign the arbitration agreement.

In justifying its reversal, CMS stated that the binding contracts are “advantageous to both providers and beneficiaries because they allow for the expeditious resolution of claims without the costs and expense of litigation,” adding that “this proposal is consistent with our approach to eliminating unnecessary burden on providers, and supports the resident’s right to make informed choices about important aspects of his or her healthcare.”[294]

Full summary here

https://www.hrw.org/report/2018/02/05/they-want-docile/how-nursing-homes-united-states-overmedicate-people-dementia