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The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
 
Kaiser Health Poll Report Poll [June, 2005]


I'm going to read you some statements people have made about nursing homes. For each one, please tell me if you agree or disagree with the statement. 


Asked of one-half of respondents

 

Strongly
Agree

Somewhat
Agree

Somewhat
Disagree

Strongly
Disagree

DK/
Ref.

The staff at nursing homes are often poorly trained

34

26

17

9

13

 

 

 

 

 

 

Managers of nursing homes are not concerned about the well-being of their patients

19

21

29

18

13

 

 

 

 

 

 

They have staff who are concerned about the well-being of their patients

24

44

13

11

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

There is too much waste, fraud, and abuse by managers of nursing homes

31

27

16

7

19

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nursing homes don’t have enough staff

50

24

8

3

14

 

 

 

 

 

 

The families of those who use nursing homes are not involved enough in what’s going on

37

27

17

9

10

 

Survey conducted by Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Methodology: Fieldwork conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International, June 2-5, 2005 and based on telephone interviews with a national adult sample of 1,202.

 

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