Survey: Residents Happy, But Food and Activities Still Lacking

A new study found that while nursing homes with more staff and fewer deficiencies tend to have happier residents, they're still coming up short when it comes to food and activities. The results of the study were based on three years' worth of satisfaction surveys in Massachusetts.

The researchers also found that non-profit and government-owned facilities tended to score better than their for-profit counterparts.

The researchers hope that their findings will help CMS decide whether to make consumer surveys a part of national nursing homes' report cards.

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