Patient advocacy services in long-term care facilities: ethnic perspectives.
More and more nursing home ombudsman programs are being implemented as institutions strive to improve the quality of life for the institutionalized elderly and to increase communication between the institution and the community. Abraham and Monk review how different ethnic groups perceive the New York City Nursing Home Patient Ombudsman Program.
D005006:Ethnicity; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D009519:New York City; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010344:Patient Advocacy