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Know Your Rights
Overview If you live in a Long-Term Care (LTC) Facility, such as a nursing home, boarding home (also called "assisted living facility"), adult family home, or state operated veterans’ home, you have:
Resident Rights cover all aspects of your stay: from admission, to living in the facility, and discharge. In this section, you can find out about Residents Rights:
A short history of Residents Rights People
who live in long-term care (LTC) facilities are more vulnerable than people who
live independently. In
1995, the Washington State Long-Term Care Ombudsman was successful in persuading the
Washington legislature
to extend Resident Rights to other LTC facilities: boarding homes ("assisted living facility"), adult family homes, and
state operated veterans’
homes.
Residents Rights put you in charge Resident Rights enable you to direct all aspects of your stay in a LTC facility. For example, you have the right to make decisions regarding your plan of treatment, how you conduct your personal life, and at what time and location you want to be discharged from the facility.
The King County Long Term Care Ombudsman Program is a program of the Solid Ground. To learn more about the Solid Ground, visit their website now... ____________________________________________
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