(2013) Visitation and Powers of Attorney. Aging, Department of (Elder Affairs, Department of)
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Abstract
Resident’s rights are guaranteed by the federal 1987 Nursing Home Reform Law. This law requires nursing facilities to promote and protect the rights of each resident and places a strong emphasis on individual dignity and self-determination. Iowa has incorporated these rights into state law for nursing facility residents, assisted living and elder group home tenants. The attorney-in-fact’s authority is over health care decisions and visitation and access to a resident is not a health care decision. The law does not specifically set out restrictions on visitation as a right that the attorney-in-fact can exercise. Therefore, it is the position of the Office of State Long-Term Care Ombudsman that the attorney-in-fact does not have authority to determine visitation. As such, that right remains with the resident.
| Item Type: | Other |
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| Keywords: | Rights, attorney, visitation, Power, resident, access, health care, elder, assisted, nursing, facility, tenant, durable, in-fact, home, health, |
| Subjects: | Health and medicine Health and medicine > Healthcare Health and medicine > Healthcare > Mental health Health and medicine > Healthcare > Nursing homes and assisted living facilities Law enforcement and courts > Attorneys Social issues and programs Social issues and programs > Aging Social issues and programs > Aging > Nursing homes and assisted living facilities and reports State government |
| ID Code: | 22127 |
| Deposited By: | Pat Wyatt |
| Deposited On: | 20 May 2016 13:15 |
| Last Modified: | 20 May 2016 13:15 |
| URI: | https://publications.iowa.gov/id/eprint/22127 |