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Do Nursing Home Lawsuits Lead to Better Care?

Choosing the right nursing home for a loved one is never an easy task. It can be both emotionally draining and logistically daunting. Still, this legwork is vital, especially in light of recent research reported in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) and here in the New York Times Blogs – about the ineffectiveness of nursing home litigation and legal standards. As the NY Times points out, “We tend to think of a lawsuit as a kind of slingshot allowing the little guy to take on a daunting Goliath – a large nursing home chain, say. If you can’t…

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