Florida Law Treats Seniors in Nursing Homes Worse Than Dogs
The Florida Legislature has steadily eroded the legal rights of nursing home residents, making the mass deaths at a Hollywood facility after Hurricane Irma "quite fathomable," writes attorney Nathan P. Carter.
September 22, 2017 at 10:58 AM
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In the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, people were stunned to learn that 10 South Florida nursing-home residents died after being found in their sweltering rooms at the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills. Gov. Rick Scott even called it “unfathomable.”
If you know the history of how the Florida Legislature has treated nursing-home residents over the past 30 or so years, it is quite fathomable how this happened.
If a kennel owner mistreated and killed eight dogs, he would go to jail. If a day-care owner mistreated and killed eight children, he would go to jail. In this recent tragedy, it is doubtful anyone will go to jail. And it's unlikely the families of the residents who died will get justice.
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