Attorneys Protecting the Rights of Nursing Home Patients
When you place your loved one in a nursing home or other residential care facility, you trust that facility to provide the best possible care. So, it can be especially devastating when a nursing home fails to do so, subjecting someone you care about to nursing home abuse or neglect.
About the Ohio Nursing Home Residents Bill of Rights
To protect elderly and disabled nursing home residents, the Ohio legislature has put in place a Nursing Home Patients' Bill of Rights — a statute that lists rights given to people who depend on a nursing home's care.
At Beckman Weil Shepardson LLC, in Cincinnati, we are dedicated to protecting those rights by holding nursing homes accountable for violating them. Our team of experienced and knowledgeable attorneys practices elder law in a manner that upholds the highest standards of professional integrity and ability.
Under the Ohio Nursing Home Residents Bill of Rights, patients at nursing homes have the following rights, listed below:
- The right to a safe and clean living environment
- The right to be free from physical, verbal, mental and emotional abuse and be treated at all times with courtesy, respect with full recognition of dignity and individuality
- The right to adequate and appropriate medical treatment, nursing care and other related services without regard to age, race, color, religion or source of payment for the care
- The right to have clothes and sheets changed when the need arises
- The right to participate in decisions that affect the resident's life
- The right to confidential treatment of personal and medical records
- The right to privacy during medical examination or treatment and in the care of personal or bodily needs
Residents have more rights by law than we have listed on our Web site. If you believe that a loved one has had his or her rights violated, talk to us about your options.
We invite you to contact the lawyers at Beckman Weil Shepardson LLC by calling 513-621-2100 for a consultation about nursing home patient rights.
