Voluntary vs. Involuntary Nursing Home Admission: Understanding Your Options

The vast majority of nursing home residents in the United States enter voluntarily due to health reasons that prevent them from receiving sufficient attention at home.

However, in a small number of cases, involuntary admittance can take place in order to ensure patients who require nursing home level of care and pose risk to themselves or others receive necessary levels of treatment. Involuntary admittance generally requires documentation by multiple professionals and is reviewed with families and or courts