LTCCC Webinar: The New Payment System for Nursing Homes
LTCCC Webinar: Focus on Care: Pressure Ulcers & Infection Control
Watch the Program on LTCCC's YouTube Channel Download PowerPoint Presentation Search for the Latest Data on Pressure Ulcers and Infection Control Deficiencies Fact Sheet on Pressure Ulcers Issue Alert: Infection Control & Prevention
LTCCC Webinar: Addressing Nursing Home Abuse, Neglect, & Crime
Download the Webinar Presentation Slides Visit the Abuse, Neglect, and Crime Reporting Center Watch the Webinar on LTCCC's YouTube Channel
LTCCC Webinar: Advocacy Issues to Improve Care for Residents with Dementia
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LTCCC Webinar: Assisted Living Policies & Practices
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Resident Rights Handouts
LTCCC's handouts provide basic, easy-to-understand information on issues that are important to residents and families. They are free to print and use by resident and family councils, LTC ombudsmen, and anyone else interested in improving understanding of basic standards. For more in-depth information on these issues, please check out our fact sheets and the [...]
Forms & Tools For Resident-Centered Advocacy
The following forms and tools are free to use and share. They are available in both Word and PDF formats. Please choose the format which works best for you. Word files: Resident Concern Record Keeping Form Resident Assessment Worksheet Resident Preferences Form Family Council Meeting Notice [...]
Tell Your Story About Nursing Home or Assisted Living Care
Thank you for taking the time to tell your story! You can fill out the form below, or download a copy of the Tell Your Story form by clicking on the button to the right. Please share this with others in your home and community by sharing the link to this page or copies [...]
LTCCC Webinar: Nursing Home Care & Quality of Life Standards
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Fighting the Rollback of Nursing Home Protections
In September 2016, the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued revised nursing home regulations that had been thoughtfully developed over four years to promote residents’ health and safety. Now, however, under the current administration, CMS is backtracking and weakening resident protections. Starting in January 2017, nursing home lobbyists began urging CMS [...]
Fact Sheet: Resident-Centered Advocacy When a Nursing Home is Cited for Substandard Care, Abuse or Neglect
Background In February 2017, LTCCC released two reports on nursing home care. Report #1: Chronic Deficiencies in Care focuses on the persistence of recurring failures to meet minimum standards. This report accompanies information on every nursing home with what we are calling “chronic deficiencies” – three or more citations for the same regulatory standard in [...]
Medicaid: A Lifeline for Middle Class Families
Medicaid: A Lifeline for Middle Class Families Many people are not aware that Medicaid provides vital support for millions of Americans every day and is an important program for middle class families across the U.S. While potential repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has taken center stage, it is critical to be aware of [...]
Piecing Together Quality Long-Term Care: A Consumer’s Guide to Choice and Advocacy in New York
November 2016. With funding from the National Consumer Voice, LTCCC has adopted a national guide for NY State, to help New Yorkers facing LTC decisions gain a better understanding of their choices and options and how they can advocate for themselves to get the services they need and want.
What You Need to Know About Long Term Care in English and Chinese
These booklets, in English and Chinese, help consumers understand long term care and help them think about what their care needs are, where they want to get care, how they can pay for care and what their rights are. In addition to questions they can ask themselves as they plan, the booklets also list a [...]