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 |
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Managers of nursing homes are not concerned about the well-being of their patients | 19 | 21 | 29 | 18 | 13 |
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They have staff who are concerned about the well-being of their patients | 24 | 44 | 13 | 11 | 7 |
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There is too much waste, fraud, and abuse by managers of nursing homes | 31 | 27 | 16 | 7 | 19 |
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Nursing homes don’t have enough staff | 50 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 14 |
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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.