Skilled Nursing Facilities

Patients Skeptical of Nursing Home Care Quality, Patient Experience

September 13, 2023 - When it comes to care quality and patient experience, American nursing homes barely pass. In a new poll from West Health and Gallup, patient respondents gave nursing homes just a D+ for the quality of care they think they’d receive. Patient respondents also said they wouldn’t be comfortable living in a nursing home if they could no...

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