Webinar: The Historic Impact of COVID-19 on Nursing Homes and the Failed Response
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Senior Care Policy Briefing: Substantial Hidden Profits
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The Senior Care Policy Briefing covers important long-term care issues by highlighting policy updates, news reports, and academic research.
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December 28, 2023.
NEWSFLASH
Senior Care Policy Briefing: Transparency Is Not a Substitute for Accountability
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December 19, 2023.
NEWSFLASH
- The Biden Administration is implementing a final rule […]
Senior Care Policy Briefing: Negligence Unchecked
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November 30, 2023.
NEWSFLASH
- Nursing homes meeting CMS’s proposed staffing standards – […]
Senior Care Policy Briefing: Crying Wolf or Wolves of Wall Street?
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November 15, 2023.
NEWSFLASH
- Nursing home lobbyists claim that facilities are struggling and […]
Senior Care Policy Briefing: Plenty of $$ For Safe Staffing
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October 31, 2023.
NEWSFLASH
- Florida nursing home owner Philip Esformes is headed back […]
Senior Care Policy Briefing: About a Dollar a Day
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October 15, 2023.
NEWSFLASH
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Senior Care Policy Briefing: D+ for Quality of Care
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September 30, 2023.
NEWSFLASH
- Americans give nursing homes a D+ for quality of care, […]
Senior Care Policy Briefing: Wholly Inadequate Proposal
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September 15, 2023.
NEWSFLASH
- On September 1, CMS released the long-awaited minimum nursing home […]
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 […]
LTCCC Amicus Brief in Soldiers’ Home Case
LTCCC submitted an amicus brief (also referred to as a “friend of the court” brief) in the case against the administrator and medical director of the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke, Massachusetts related to COVID-19 deaths. An amicus brief […]
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 […]
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 […]
LTCCC Alert: RN Staffing Levels Drop 12% in 2021
The following is an alert for the Q4 2021 staffing report. To access the report, click here.
June 9, 2022 – Registered nurses (RNs) serve a critical role in every nursing home staff. They provide expertise – infection control planning and management, resident assessment and care planning, and the identification and treatment of chronic […]
LTCCC Alert: Staffing Levels Fall 8% in Six Months
The following is an alert for the Q3 2021 staffing report. To access the report, click here.
March 3, 2022 – Federal requirements mandate that nursing homes have sufficient staff, with the appropriate competencies to meet the clinical, emotional, and psychosocial needs of every resident. Unfortunately, understaffing is a widespread and persistent problem that […]
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 […]
LTCCC Alert: An Oral History of COVID-19 in Nursing Homes
December 15, 2021 – The COVID-19 pandemic has been a devastating time for nursing home residents and their loved ones. To better understand their experiences, the Long Term Care Community Coalition (LTCCC) produced an oral history of COVID-19 in long-term care settings.
LTCCC Alert: Nursing Home Staffing Levels Drop in Q2 2021
The following is an alert for the Q2 2021 staffing report. To access the report, click here.
November 16, 2021 – Nursing homes with higher staffing levels are better equipped to meet their residents’ care needs. Unfortunately, understaffing has been a widespread and persistent problem, especially since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Today, LTCCC […]
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 […]
Trickle-Down Vaccinomics: Why Nursing Home Vaccination Education Starts at the Top
On this episode, research scientist and vaccine guru, Beth Nivin, MPH, chats about her experiences speaking with nursing home staff about COVID-19 vaccines as a consultant for the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Beth also provides an update on the latest research and data on vaccine efficacy and the Delta variant.
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Death by Asphyxiation: Elder Justice “No Harm” Newsletter (Volume 3 Issue 8)
In the Elder Justice Newsletter, we highlight citations, including deficiencies related to abuse, neglect, and substandard care, that have been identified as not causing any resident harm. The goal of this brief newsletter is to shed light on the issue of so-called “no harm” deficiencies, which typically result in no fine […]
New York Nursing Home COVID Vaccination Data
LTCCC is providing a user-friendly spreadsheet (updated monthly) tracking COVID-19 vaccinations for residents and staff in New York’s nursing homes (NHs) and assisted living facilities (ALFs). COVID-19 vaccination are self-reported and published by facilities daily via the New York State Department of Health’s (NY DOH) HERDS survey.
Download NY LTC COVID Vaccination Data (12/15/21)
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It’s Not Apples to Apples: What State Nursing Home Data Do (and Don’t) Tell Us
The Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) is a tremendous resource for tracking long-term care data and policy, COVID-related and beyond. On this episode, KFF senior policy analyst Priya Chidambaram chats about the latest nursing home data on vaccines and COVID, the limitations of state comparisons, and the process of collecting LTC data.
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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 […]
‘People Got Scared’: Life as a CNA in a COVID-Ravaged Nursing Home
Direct care workers are a critical yet undervalued part of the long-term care system. On this episode, Desma Reaves, a certified nursing assistant and delegate for the healthcare workers union 1199SEIU upstate New York, chats about her experiences as a certified nursing assistant (CNA) in COVID-ravaged nursing home, the difficult tradeoffs faced by nursing home […]
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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 […]
‘Don’t Make Us Walk Backwards’: Research Scientist Beth Nivin on Vaccine Myths, Risks, & Benefits
Research scientist Beth Nivin on the science, history, and risks/benefits of the COVID-19 vaccines.
Webinar: COVID-19 Vaccination in Long-Term Care: Safety, Efficacy, and Residents’ Rights
On this LTCCC webinar, special guest Beth Nivin, MPH, discusses the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines. This program provides critical information to help LTC residents and their families make informed decisions about vaccination. Webinar Slides LTCCC’s vaccine resource center LTCCC Fact Sheet: Informed Consent […]
LTCCC Webinar: COVID-19: News, Review and Resources
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COVID-19: News, Review, and Resources
COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on residents and care staff in nursing homes and other adult care facilities. This webinar (Tuesday July 21 at 1 p.m.) will provide an update on the latest news and discuss some of the policy proposals that are circulating to address the pandemic.
To join the webinar visit https://nursinghome411.zoom.us/j/92918385752?pwd=OXhpR0FFSXlLTXc4VnVQd0NiZFpaUT09. […]
‘The Eyes, Ears, and Voice’: Why Nursing Home Visitation Saves Lives
Many long term care residents have gone more than 100 days without seeing their families because of COVID-19 visitation restrictions. On this episode of the Nursing Home 411 Podcast, we hear from families about their challenges connecting with loved ones during the pandemic and how visitation restrictions have prevented them from providing essential services. Next […]
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