Senior Care Policy Brief: What Are We Paying For?

The Senior Care Policy Briefing covers important long-term care issues by highlighting policy updates, news reports, and academic research. Topics in this edition include:

Nursing home operators report high profits.
Survey finds 50% of nurses have side jobs to earn extra income.
Nursing home industry blames severe […]

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Senior Care Policy Briefing: Consumer Costs Up, Quality Down

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The Senior Care Policy Briefing covers important long-term care issues by highlighting policy updates, news reports, and academic research. Topics in this edition include:

Nursing home lobbyists pushing for low or no safe staffing standards.
Survey showing 93% of older adults plan to age in place.

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Senior Care Policy Brief: Nursing Homes Are Not Warehouses

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The Senior Care Policy Briefing covers important long-term care issues by highlighting policy updates, news reports, and academic research. In this edition…

Nursing home industry claims low profit margins and potential closures due to minimum staffing standards.
Average total nurse staff hours per resident day falls below […]

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Senior Care Policy Briefing: Misuse of Taxpayer Funds Leads to Resident Neglect

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The Senior Care Policy Briefing covers important long-term care issues by highlighting policy updates, news reports, and academic research. In this edition…

NY lawsuit exposes nursing home operator’s $83M misuse of taxpayer funds, leading to neglect, suffering, and tragic deaths.
78 defendants face criminal charges in $2.5B […]

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Senior Care Policy Briefing: Alarming Discrimination Trends

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The Senior Care Policy Briefing covers important long-term care issues by highlighting policy updates, news reports, and academic research. In this edition…

US Supreme Court affirms right to sue nursing homes for safety violations.
NY AG James alleges $37.6 million diversion of public […]

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Senior Care Policy Briefing: Nurses at Their Breaking Point

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The Senior Care Policy Briefing covers important long-term care issues by highlighting policy updates, news reports, and academic research. Topics in this edition include:

Mass vacancies at state agencies (U.S. Senate Aging Report).
Fall injury and pressure ulcer hospitalizations underreported in Care Compare data.

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Senior Care Policy Briefing: Americans Want Safe Staffing

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The Senior Care Policy Briefing covers important long-term care issues by highlighting policy updates, news reports, and academic research. Topics in this edition include:

The nursing home industry bemoans rising costs of infection control.
Study finds staffing shortages linked to increase in resident deaths.
A new poll […]

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Senior Care Policy Briefing: Profits Over Patients

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The Senior Care Policy Briefing covers important long-term care issues by highlighting policy updates, news reports, and academic research. Topics in this edition include:

President Biden calls for additional support for long-term care workers and family caregivers.
Private equity firms continue to divert […]

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Senior Care Policy Briefing: Assisted Living Facilities Evicting Medicaid Residents

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The Senior Care Policy Briefing covers important long-term care issues by highlighting policy updates, news reports, and academic research. Topics in this edition include:

Assisted living facilities evicting Medicaid residents.
Medicaid revenue at an all-time high.
OIG report finds significant under-reporting to public […]

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Senior Care Policy Briefing: Concerning Patterns in Hospice Care

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The Senior Care Policy Briefing covers important long-term care issues by highlighting policy updates, news reports, and academic research. Topics in this edition include:

Medicaid Fraud Control Unit cases resulted in 1,327 convictions for fraud, abuse, or neglect in 2022.
Patients left in […]

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Senior Care Policy Briefing: ‘Another Record Quarter…’

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The Senior Care Policy Briefing covers important long-term care issues by highlighting policy updates, news reports, and academic research. Topics in this edition include:

The Ensign Group reports another record quarter.
NY lawsuits revealing allegations of millions of siphoned profits.
An OIG report […]

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New Year, New Newsletter

Happy new year, reader! Thank you for your new or continued support of our mission. This year, we are changing up the quarterly LTC Journal to deliver you more timely information on a monthly basis and to better keep you up to date about what’s happening at NursingHome411! If you haven’t already, be sure […]

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Fall 2022 LTC Journal

The LTC Journal covers important long-term care issues by highlighting policy updates, news reports, and academic research. Topics in this edition include:

New federal guidance for nursing home surveyors to strengthen safety and accountability.
LTCCC’s Q1 2022 staffing report showing nursing home staff turnover at 53.3%.
A report detailing how real estate […]

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Summer 2022 LTC Journal

The LTC Journal covers important long-term care issues by highlighting policy updates, news reports, and academic research. Topics in this edition include:

Unsafe antipsychotic alternatives on the rise.
Louisiana nursing home owner arrested for felony fraud and cruelty.
RN staffing levels down 12% in 2021.
Infection control compromised during pandemic.

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Spring 2022 LTC Journal

The Spring LTC Journal is here! The LTC Journal covers important long-term care issues by highlighting policy updates, news reports, and academic research. Topics in this edition include:

Important White House nursing home initiatives.
Insights and recommendations for direct care minimum spending laws.
NY Department of Health’s […]

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Winter 2022 LTC Journal

The Winter LTC Journal is here! The LTC Journal covers important long-term care issues by highlighting policy updates, news reports, and academic research. Topics in this edition include:

How lax enforcement exposes residents to substandard care.
Latest data show nursing homes failing to provide sufficient staffing.
Federal […]

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Fall 2021 LTC Journal

The Fall LTC Journal is here! The LTC Journal covers important long-term care issues by highlighting policy updates, news reports, and academic research. Topics in this edition include:

A letter to NY Governor Kathy Hochul calling for action to protect long-term care residents.
LTCCC’s Q1 2021 staffing report showing failures to […]

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Summer 2021 LTC Journal

The Summer LTC Journal is here! The LTC Journal covers important long-term care issues by highlighting policy updates, news reports, and academic research. Topics in this edition include:

LTCCC’s recommendations for addressing longstanding gaps in nursing home accountability.
How CMS can improve staffing data accuracy.

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Spring 2021 LTC Journal

The Spring LTC Journal is here! The LTC Journal covers important long-term care issues by highlighting policy updates, news reports, and academic research. Topics in this edition include:

A report challenging the theory that a nursing home’s location is the biggest determinant of COVID-19 transmission.
New York’s failure to ensure nursing homes’ compliance with minimum […]

nursinghome4112023-08-01T13:04:50-04:00Reports & Studies, Senior Care Policy Brief, States|

Winter 2021 LTC Journal

The Winter LTC Journal is here! The LTC Journal covers important long-term care issues by highlighting policy updates, news reports, and academic research. Topics in this edition include:

How the Federal Government’s inaction led to 11 nursing home deaths per hour.
The COVID-19 pandemic’s disproportionate toll on nursing homes with higher shares of Black or […]

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