Compliance with Residents’ Rights Requirement related to Nursing Home Residents’ Right to Vote

Published: 10/09/2024

Sources:
  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Relevant To:
  • Long Term Care

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is reminding long term care facilities of the regulatory expectation that ensures nursing home residents have the unimpeded ability to exercise their right to vote as a citizen of the United States.

Nursing homes must ensure residents are able to exercise their Constitutional right to vote without interference, coercion, discrimination, or reprisal from the facility. States, localities, and nursing home should collaborate to support a residen

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