Janice Dean Ron T. Kim Help us with constituent led legislation to make sure residents are never wholly and completely isolated again. HR3733 did not pass last session but we are hoping it will be refiled.

"This is a horribly everyday story of how cruelty happens: not with an individual and a desire to inflict pain, but bureaucratically, pedantically done by probably perfectly nice people reaching for procedures and hiding behind regulations, passing the buck." (Nicci Gerrard)

I was chatting today w/someone about #Caregivers & how we are mostly invisible w/in hc institutions & he asked why. I thought this was an excellent question to bring here. Why would those who have the greatest interest in helping the patient, their loved one, be excluded?

Join us for a webinar one week from today to hear from nursing home residents about how living in a facility with inadequate staffing affects their lives, and what it would mean to live in a facility with enough staff. Register now: bit.ly/3mCWxLP

What it would mean to have adequate staffing in a nursing home theconsumervoice.org/events/dignity…

Without full and complete ownership and financial transparency, the NH industry will continue to gaslight states and federal government that they need more $$!

New study on #California #NursingHomes finds that, although occupancy declined substantially between 2019 & 2020, some (but not all) had a substantial increase in profit margins in 2020 over 2019. Further evidence for ⬆️transparency & #SafeStaffing stds. agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jg…

New podcast ep highlights the experiences of long-term care residents as they shared how living in a facility with inadequate staffing affects their quality of life and the quality of care that they receive theconsumervoice.org/pursuingquality

When it comes to the #NursingHome industry's lobbyists & press, every complaint is a confession. Here, they're bemoaning the costs of #infectioncontrol when, in fact, they're already paid to provide a safe & clean environment. Sadly, too many fail. skillednursingnews.com/2023/05/costly…

Like Fire Through Dry Grass Bill Hammond Rep. Jamie Raskin M. A. Taylor Stark David Grabowski

What has your experience been with inadequate staffing in a nursing home? Let us know: theconsumervoice.org/events/strong-…

Consumer Voice Executive Director Lori Smetanka speaking on a panel tomorrow discussing the complex trauma histories of diverse older adults, how trauma relates to elder abuse, & strategies to provide culturally responsive & trauma-informed support. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist… #WEAAD

A great many in the Long Term Care Community Coalition report are in Texas. Hope #txlege and Texas House of Representatives remember this next session when they consider amending the Texas Long-Term Care Ombuds program again. usatoday.com/story/news/hea…

#BRAVA ⁦NY AG James⁩! Too many #nursinghomes pull millions in “upfront profits” while betraying residents & #families & falsely claiming poverty. Time to stop listening to indstry lobbyists⁦⁩!@NYSHFA_NYSCAL⁩ ⁦LeadingAge New York⁩ ag.ny.gov/press-release/…

#NewJersey is (finally + thankfully) implementing its minimum #safestaffing std. Thank you Governor Phil Murphy & #NJ legislators! Indstry lobbyists r whining that it is not fair to them when, in fact, #nursinghomes are already paid to provide good care & #dignity. mcknights.com/news/nursing-h…

😡😡😡 David Grabowski Ana Navarro-Cárdenas Susie Singer Carter Xavier Becerra mark mester Markkr Deborah Buchanan Essential Caregivers Coalition The Essential Caregivers Movement skillednursingnews.com/2023/06/center…

Join us with AFL-CIO ✊ and SEIU on Thursday, July 13 at 2:00pm ET for a virtual rally to let the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) know that a strong federal staffing standard is the only way to end the long-term care crisis in our country. act.seiu.org/a/julyvirtualr…

#Shame on Calif DPH! “We think this is a message to residents of nursing homes in California that their welfare just isn’t all that concerning to the state.” ⁦CANHR⁩ CA nursing home owner to get licenses despite state complaints CalMatters⁩ calmatters.org/health/2023/06…

Legislate Standards, make consequences meaningful for operators who bypass, close loophole in New Brunswick that lets operators evict residents if they or their family raise concerns. Silencing people in #LTC & families is the foundation of #elderabuse.Kelly A. Lamrock, N.B. CYSA Susan Holt

Congress is considering cuts to the Medicaid program that could exceed $800 billion and are seeking to block the nursing home minimum staffing standard from going into effect. Contact your members of Congress: buff.ly/4gUO8K2