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Journal Article
Quality Care for Queer Nursing Home Residents: The Prospect of Reforming the Nursing Home Reform Act
2011
Overview
The US population is steadily aging: while currently comprising only 12% of the population, adults over the age of sixty-five will likely grow to comprise one-fifth of the populace in the next twenty-five years. As the average age of the population increases, so will the number of queer elders in nursing homes throughout the country -- a situation for which many nursing homes in the country are largely unprepared. This note argues that because nursing homes across the country are ill-prepared to offer effective care to the influx of queer elderly patients they will see in the near future, the federal government should increase its protections pertaining to the sexual orientation and gender identity of nursing home residents under the Nursing Home Reform Act (NHRA). Amending the NHRA to add a right of nondiscrimination, mandate sensitivity training, and eliminate discretionary enforcement, would make the Act a much more effective deterrent of neglect, abuse, discrimination against and stigmatization of queer nursing home residents.
Publisher
University of Texas, Austin, School of Law Publications, Inc
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