Webinar: PEDAL: A Grass Roots Solution to Improving Long-Term Care
Register for LTCCC’s November Webinar.
Presenters: Laura Mosqueda, MD (Keck School of Medicine of USC) and Rachel Tate (WISE & Healthy Aging) Powerpoint slides (PDF)
Webinar: Nursing Home Staffing From A to Z
Register for LTCCC’s October Webinar.
Presenter: Richard Mollot, LTCCC Executive Director Powerpoint slides (PDF) Staffing Data
LTCCC Alert: Latest Nursing Home Staffing Info Now Available at NursingHome411.org (Q1 2024) GalleryLTCCC Alert: Latest Nursing Home Staffing Info Now Available at NursingHome411.org (Q1 2024)
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LTCCC Alert: Latest Nursing Home Staffing Info Now Available at NursingHome411.org (Q1 2024)
The following is an alert for the Q1 2024 staffing report. Download data at NursingHome411 and check out our interactive staffing map.
August 26, 2024 – Today, LTCCC is posting its latest report on staffing levels in U.S. nursing homes. LTCCC’s report is based on CMS’s Q1 2024 payroll-based journal data on nurse […]
Webinar: How Existing Legal Authorities Can Help Fix America’s Nursing Home Crisis
Register for LTCCC’s September Webinar.
Presenter: Nina Kohn, David M. Levy Professor of Law at Syracuse University College of Law Using What We Have: How Existing Legal Authorities Can Help Fix America’s Nursing Home Crisis
Webinar: What’s Wrong with Long-Term Care Facilities? And What Can You and I (and Residents) Do About It?
Register for LTCCC’s August Webinar.
Presenter: Eric Carlson, Justice in Aging’s Director of Long-Term Services and Supports Advocacy PowerPoint Slides (PDF) 25 Common Nursing Home Problems—& How to Resolve Them
Webinar: Impacting Inclusion for LGBTQ+ Elders: The Long-Term Care Equality Index
Presenter: Dan Stewart, Deputy Director of the Aging Equality Project for the Human Rights Campaign Foundation PowerPoint Slides (PDF) The Long-Term Care Equality Index The LEI Consumer Guide (English & Spanish) The LEI 2023 Report The LEI 2025 Survey Criteria (open July […]
Webinar: The Measure of Our Age: A Conversation With the Author
Presenter: MT Connolly, leading national expert on elder justice and author of The Measure of Our Age The Measure of Our Age
LTCCC Alert: Latest Nursing Home Report Shows Widespread Understaffing (Q4 2023)
The following is an alert for the Q4 2023 staffing report. Download data at NursingHome411 and check out our interactive staffing map.
May 2, 2024 – Federal law requires all nursing homes to provide sufficient staffing so that residents attain and maintain their highest practicable physical, emotional, and psychosocial well-being. Unfortunately, in the […]
The Federal Nursing Home Staffing Standard
Download a PDF of LTCCC’s brief.
On April 22, 2024, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its final rule mandating minimum nurse staffing in every nursing home that accepts Medicaid and/or Medicare funds. This includes virtually all U.S. nursing homes.
This page provides information and resources for the […]
Webinar: Shedding Light on Nursing Home Industry Spending and Profits
Presenter: Robert Tyler Braun, Assistant Professor of Population Health Sciences at Weill Cornell Medical College PowerPoint Slides (PDF) United States’ Nursing Home Finances Study
LTCCC Family Empowerment: March 26, 2024
Register for the next Family Empowerment program (Tuesday, March 26 at 12pm ET) at https://bit.ly/mar-empower.
PS. Check out our family council resource page (nursinghome411.org/families) for tips on building family councils and for free resources to empower your resident-centered advocacy.
LTCCC Alert: Nursing Homes Severely Understaffed in Q3 2023
The following is an alert for the Q3 2023 staffing report. Download data at NursingHome411 and check out our interactive staffing map.
February 28, 2024 – Federal law requires all nursing homes to provide a sufficient level of staffing so that residents
Webinar: What Makes a Case: Senior Care Litigation From an Expert Witness’ Perspective
Register for LTCCC’s March 2024 webinar.
Presenter: Julian Rich, Founder of J Rich Solutions, Expert Witness for Long-Term Care Cases
PowerPoint Slides (PDF)
LTCCC Family Empowerment: February 29, 2024
Register for the next Family Empowerment program (Thursday, February 29 at 12pm ET) at https://bit.ly/feb-empower.
PS. Check out our family council resource page (nursinghome411.org/families) for tips on building family councils and for free resources to empower your resident-centered advocacy.
US Senate Holds Hearing on Assisted Living
LTCCC testimony calls for national standards promoting quality, safety, and integrity in assisted living
January 26, 2024 – Yesterday, the United States Senate Special Committee on Aging held a hearing, Assisted Living Facilities: Understanding Long-Term Care Options for Older Adults, co-chaired by Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) and Senator Mike Braun (R-IN).
“It’s been […]
Webinar: What Makes a Case: Senior Care Litigation From an Expert Witness’ Perspective
Date: Tuesday, February 27, 1pm (ET)
Register: https://bit.ly/feb-2024-webinar
Webinar: Shedding Light on Nursing Home Industry Spending and Profits
Date: Tuesday, March 19, 1pm (ET)
Register: https://bit.ly/mar-2024-webinar
Webinar: Disability Rights and Self-Determination in Nursing Homes and Long-Term Care Settings
Presenters: Bren Pramanik (Disability Rights New Jersey), Amy Brown (NJ LTCOP), and Hannah Diamond (Justice in Aging). PowerPoint Slides (PDF)
Family Empowerment Tips: Family Council Independence
Visit the NursingHome411 Family Empowerment Page for Resources to Support Your Family Council
Click here to download a PDF of this tip sheet.
Family Councils (FC) are a group of friends and relatives of residents […]
LTCCC Family Empowerment: Family Council Independence
Register for the next Family Empowerment program (Thursday, January 25 at 12pm ET) at https://bit.ly/jan-empower on family council independence.
PS. Check out our family council resource page (nursinghome411.org/families) for tips on building family councils and for free resources to empower your resident-centered advocacy.
LTCCC Alert: New Year, New Data
The Long Term Care Community Coalition is pleased to announce the publication of four new interactive and user-friendly nursing home datasets: Provider Info, Citations, Penalties, & Staffing. These data, […]
LTCCC Alert: New Study Reveals Substantial Hidden Profits in Nursing Home Industry
Contact: Richard Mollot, 212-385-0356, richard@ltccc.org
December 21, 2023 – For decades, the U.S. nursing home industry has blamed inadequate funding for failures to provide sufficient staffing and services to meet […]
Webinar: The 411 on LTCCC: Fighting for the Rights of Nursing Home Residents
Presenters: LTCCC’s Richard Mollot, Eric Goldwein, Hayley Cronquist
PowerPoint Slides (PDF) LTCCC Primer on Essential Nursing Home Quality Standards LTCCC Data Center A Guide to Nursing Home Oversight & Enforcement Elder Justice Newsletter Senior Care Policy Briefing
Webinar: Disability Rights and Self-Determination in Nursing Homes and Long-Term Care Settings
Date: Tuesday, January 23, 1pm (ET)
Topic: Disability Rights and Self-Determination in Nursing Homes and Long-Term Care Settings
Register: https://bit.ly/jan-2024-webinar
Support LTCCC’s Mission Advocating for Quality Care and Dignity for Nursing Home Residents
Support LTCCC’s Mission Advocating for Quality Care and Dignity for Nursing Home Residents.
Dear Friends:
As we reflect on the challenges of the past year, one group has borne an extraordinary burden: the residents of nursing homes and assisted living facilities. The COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath have not only intensified preexisting issues within LTC […]
Webinar: Behind Closed Books: How Hidden Profits Harm Nursing Home Residents
Presenter: Ernie Tosh (Attorney and Forensic Accounting Expert)
PowerPoint Slides (PDF) Share Your Staffing Comments With Your Federal Representatives
The 411 on LTCCC: Fighting for the Rights of Nursing Home Residents.
Date: Tuesday, December 19, 1pm (ET)
Program: The 411 on LTCCC: Fighting for the Rights of Nursing Home Residents.
Description: On this special end-of-year program, the LTCCC team (Richard Mollot, Eric Goldwein, and Hayley Cronquist) will talk about how to leverage policy advocacy, consumer education, and nursing home data to advance quality, dignity, and justice for residents […]
LTCCC Alert: Four in Five Residents Live in Understaffed Nursing Homes
The following is an alert for the Q2 2023 staffing report. Download data at NursingHome411 and check out our interactive staffing map.
November 14, 2023 – Each day, more than one million people reside in roughly 15,000 nursing homes across the United States. Unfortunately, most of these individuals have no choice but to […]
Webinar: Behind Closed Books: How Hidden Profits Harm Nursing Home Residents
Behind Closed Books: How Hidden Profits Harm Nursing Home Residents
Presenter: Ernie Tosh, attorney and forensic accounting expert
Date: Tuesday, November 21, 1pm (ET)
Register: https://bit.ly/nov-2023-webinar
LTCCC Family Empowerment (November 2023)
Register for the next Family Empowerment program (Thursday, November 30 at 12pm ET) at https://bit.ly/nov-empower. Details to be announced.
PS. Check out our family council resource page (nursinghome411.org/families) for tips on building family councils and for free resources to empower your resident-centered advocacy.
LTCCC Family Empowerment (October 2023)
Register for the next Family Empowerment program (Thursday October 26 at 12pm ET) at https://bit.ly/oct-empower. Details to be announced.
PS. Check out our family council resource page (nursinghome411.org/families) for tips on building family councils and for free resources to empower your resident-centered advocacy.
24-Hour Registered Nurses in Nursing Homes: Affordable, Attainable, & Necessary
September 27, 2023 – Every U.S. nursing home is required to provide skilled nursing care and monitoring 24-hours a day, seven days a week. Unfortunately, too many of our nursing homes provide substandard care and conditions that are demeaning and inhumane. As the country has witnessed in the COVID-19 pandemic, too many nursing homes are […]
LTCCC Alert: A 3.0 Staffing Minimum Is Not Enough
The following is an alert for the Q1 2023 staffing report. Download data at NursingHome411 and check out our interactive staffing map.
September 22, 2023 – Nursing home residents need a minimum of 4.1 total care staff hours per resident day (HPRD) to receive sufficient clinical care and avoid unnecessary harm, according to […]
Congressional Briefing: Essential Insights on Nursing Home Staffing & Standards
Essential Insights on Nursing Home Staffing and the Proposed Federal Standard, presented by: Center for Medicare Advocacy, Long Term Care Community Coalition, and National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care (September 2023).
Presenters: Richard Mollot (LTCCC), Sam Brooks (Consumer Voice), Toby Edelman (Center for Medicare Advocacy), Charlene Harrington (University of […]
Webinar: The Dangers of Understaffing and the Need to Litigate
Topic: The Dangers of Understaffing and the Need to Litigate
Date: Tuesday, October 17, 1pm (ET)
Register: https://bit.ly/oct-2023-webinar
LTCCC Family Empowerment: Preparing for COVID, Cold, & Flu Season
Being proactive as a family member during COVID, cold, and flu season is crucial to ensure the well-being and safety of your loved one. On the next LTCCC NY Family Empowerment Program (Thursday, September 28 at 12pm ET), we invite you to join our conversation on all things infection control, including the importance of staying […]
New Proposed Federal Nursing Home Standard: The Good, The Bad, and The Data Essentials
Date: Tuesday, September 19, 1pm (ET)
Register: http://bit.ly/nh411-sept2023
Topic: New Proposed Federal Nursing Home Standard: The Good, The Bad, and The Data Essentials
LTCCC Alert: Most U.S. Nursing Homes Understaffed, Federal Data Finds
The following is an alert for the Q4 2022 staffing report. Download data at NursingHome411 and check out our interactive staffing dashboard.
July 13, 2023 – Sufficient staffing is attainable. In fact, one in four U.S. nursing homes (25.3%) provide at least 4.1 hours per resident day (HPRD), the minimum […]
Uninspected and Neglected: What Vacancies at State Agencies Mean for Nursing Home Residents
Program: Uninspected and Neglected: What Vacancies at State Agencies Mean for Nursing Home Residents
Description: Peter Gartrell (U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging) and Suzanne Messenger (West Virginia State Long-term Care Ombudsman) discuss how staffing issues in inspection agencies put nursing home residents at […]
What’s the Difference Between Practical and Practicable Well-Being?
LTCCC’s Executive Director Richard Mollot on the difference between practical vs. practicable well-being, ombudsmen vs. surveyors, the letters (A through L) in the nursing home scope and surveyor grid, and harm vs. no-harm.
Interview recorded February 10, 2023 and edited for clarity.
Background reading and references:
LTCCC Alert: Nursing Home Administrator Hours Down 20% Since Pandemic
The following is an alert for the Q3 2022 staffing report. Download data at NursingHome411 and check out our interactive staffing dashboard.
March 9, 2023 – A nursing home administrator is responsible for overseeing their facility, including clinical and administrative affairs, to ensure that resident care needs are met. According to federal law, […]
Webinar: Understanding Competency and Training Requirements for Nursing Home Staff
Presenter:
Richard Mollot (LTCCC)
PowerPoint Slides (PDF) Fact Sheet: Nurse Aide Training Requirements
The Other 51 Weeks: Nursing Home Quality Improvement When Inspectors Have Left the Building
The Other 51 Weeks: Nursing Home Quality Improvement When Inspectors Have Left the Building
Date: Tuesday, May 16, 1pm (ET)
Registration: https://bit.ly/nh411-may2023
How Fear of Retaliation Scares Residents Into Silence
Date: Tuesday, April 18, 1pm (ET)
Registration: https://bit.ly/nh411-april2023
Building the Backbone: How Stronger State CNA Requirements Can Lead to Better Nursing Home Care
Date: Tuesday, March 21, 1pm (ET)
Registration: https://bit.ly/nh411-march2023
NY Attorney General Enforcement Actions
Date: Tuesday, February 21, 1pm (ET)
Registration: https://bit.ly/webinar-mfcu
Webinar: Competency and Care: Understanding Staffing Training and Responsibility Requirements
Date: Date: Tuesday, January 17, 1pm (ET)
Registration: https://bit.ly/webinar-staff-training
Webinar: Garden of Eatin’: Setting the Table for Resident-Centered Dining
Presenters: Rebecca Priest (Project Coach, The Green House Project) & Linda McCoy (Dining Practice Partner, St. John’s Home)
PowerPoint Slides (PDF) Fact Sheet: Food, Nutrition, and Dietary Services Resource: Food Safety for Your Loved One Food Questionnaire
LTCCC Alert: Dangerous Antipsychotic Drugging Persists Despite Federal Partnership
Contact: Richard Mollot, richard@ltccc.org, 212-385-0356
December 20, 2022 – More than one million people live in US nursing homes and each week, one in five of them are given dangerous antipsychotic (AP) drugs. In most cases these drugs are administered without clinical justification. In 2012, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services […]
Webinar: Back to Basics: What You Need to Know about Nursing Homes
Presenter: Richard Mollot, LTCCC
PowerPoint Slides (PDF) NursingHome411 Fact Sheets
LTCCC’s 13th Annual Event
Thank you to our sponsors and attendees! Program Brochure Videos Photos A letter from Richard Gottfried Remarks from Toby Edelman
Event Honoree: Honorable Richard Gottfried (Chair, NYS Assembly Committee on Health)
What Does Good Care Look Like for People Living with Dementia? (Webinar)
Recording of LTCCC’s Oct. 18 webinar, “What Does Good Care Look Like for People Living with Dementia?” ft. Dr. Jonathan Evans. Video and slides available at https://nursinghome411.org/webinar-dementia-care/.
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Webinar: What Does Good Care Look Like for People Living with Dementia?
Presenter: Dr. Jonathan Evans
PowerPoint Slides (PDF) Dementia Care Advocacy Toolkit NursingHome411 Podcast
Webinar: Fall Prevention: Focusing on Process – Not People – to Keep Nursing Home Residents Safe
Presenters:
Sharon Banks Tarr, MN, RN, LNCC (Clarity Legal Nurse Consulting)
Tabassum Mohibi, PA, MPH Candidate (Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health)
PowerPoint Slides (PDF) Fact Sheet: Falls & Accident Prevention […]
LTCCC Alert: Nursing Home Staff Turnover Above 50%
The following is an alert for the Q1 2022 staffing report. To access the report, click here.
August 24, 2022 – Staff retention is essential for nursing homes to provide quality care for their residents. Unfortunately, turnover continues to be a major problem for many of the nation’s 15,000-plus facilities. The average nursing home […]
Webinar: Show Me the Numbers: How Transparency Can Improve the Quality of Nursing Home Care
Presenter: Ilene Henshaw PowerPoint Slides (PDF) LTCCC Policy Brief: Nursing Home Transparency LTCCC Policy Brief: NY’s Minimum Spending Ratio
A Campaign Sedated: Dangerous Antipsychotic Drugging Persists Despite Federal Initiative (Webinar)
The following is a recording from LTCCC’s June 22 webinar, “A Campaign Sedated: Dangerous Antipsychotic Drugging Persists Despite Federal Initiative,” featuring Richard Mollot (LTCCC) and Tony Chicotel (CANHR). For video and slides, visit https://nursinghome411.org/webinar-ap-drugs/.
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Garden of Eatin’: Setting the Table for Resident-Centered Dining
Program: Garden of Eatin’: Setting the Table for Resident-Centered Dining
Date: Tuesday, December 20, 1pm (ET)
Register: https://bit.ly/ltc-food
Rebecca Priest (Project Coach, The Green House Project) and Linda McCoy (Dining Practice Partner, St. John’s Home) discuss resident directed dining that makes a difference.
Note: Video and other webinar materials will be available […]
Show Me the Numbers: How Transparency Can Improve the Quality of Nursing Home Care
Program: Show Me the Numbers: How Transparency Can Improve the Quality of Nursing Home Care
Date: Tuesday, July 19, 1pm (ET)
Presenter: Ilene Henshaw
Register: https://bit.ly/transparency-webinar
Fall Prevention: Focusing on Process – Not People – to Keep Nursing Home Residents Safe
Program: Fall Prevention: Focusing on Process – Not People – to Keep Nursing Home Residents Safe
Date: Tuesday, September 13, 1pm (ET)
Register: https://bit.ly/fall-prevention-nh
Presenter: Sharon Banks Tarr (Clarity Legal Nurse Consulting)
Note: Video and other webinar materials will be available after the program at https://nursinghome411.org/webinar-falls.
What Does Good Care Look Like for People Living with Dementia?
Program: What Does Good Care Look Like for People Living with Dementia?
Date: Tuesday, October 18, 1pm (ET)
Register: https://bit.ly/webinar-dementia
Presenter: Dr. Jonathan Evans
Note: Video and other webinar materials will be available after the program at https://nursinghome411.org/webinar-dementia-care.
Back to Basics: What You Need to Know about Nursing Home Care
Program: Back to Basics: What You Need to Know about Nursing Home Care
Date: Tuesday, November 22, 1pm (ET)
Register: https://bit.ly/ltc-basics
Presenter: Richard Mollot
Note: Video and other webinar materials will be available after the program at https://nursinghome411.org/webinar-basics.
Webinar: Arming Your Advocacy: Leveraging LTCCC’s Resources to Promote Resident-Centered Care
Presenters: Richard Mollot (LTCCC Executive Director) and Eric Goldwein (LTCCC Policy & Communications Director).
PowerPoint Slides (PDF)
Let’s Win: Support LTCCC’s Mission to Advocate for Nursing Home Residents
Let’s win! Support LTCCC’s mission to advocate for nursing home residents.
Dear Advocate,
Nursing home residents and their families have suffered immeasurable loss in the past two years. Loss of dignity. Loss of autonomy. Loss of time. And […]
Assisted Living: Identifying Policy to Promote Quality Assurance, Safety, and Quality of Life
Register: https://bit.ly/webinar-assisted-living
Presenter: Paula Carder, Ph.D. is a professor with the OHSU-PSU school of Public Health and director of the institute of aging at Portland State University. Dr. Carder’s research explores the relationship between state regulatory requirements and daily practices associated with medication administration and staffing in assisted living facilities.
Arming Your Advocacy: Leveraging LTCCC’s Resources to Promote Resident-Centered Care
The best advocate is an informed advocate. In this webinar (Tuesday January 18, 2022 at 1pm ET), we will show you how to use LTCCC’s free resources including the NursingHome411 Learning Center, the Dementia Care & Antipsychotic Drugging Advocacy Toolkit, the Abuse, Neglect, and Crime Reporting Center, and our staffing data, to promote resident-centered care.
Register: […]
Webinar: A Guide to Nursing Home Oversight & Enforcement
Presenters: LTCCC’s Richard Mollot (executive director) & Hayley Cronquist (policy attorney)
Download PPT Slides (PDF) A Guide to Nursing Home Oversight & Enforcement
LTCCC Statement: Time for Quality Assurance, Accountability, & Reform in New York Long-Term Care
As we emerge from the pandemic, New York must address the epidemic of nursing home abuse and neglect.
COVID-19 has caused unprecedented devastation and tragedy in nursing homes. Years of understaffing, poor infection control, and ineffective […]
LTCCC Comments on Proposed Update to Pennsylvania’s Nursing Home Licensing Regulations
Please find below LTCCC’s comments on Rulemaking 10-221 (Long-Term Care Facilities, Proposed Rulemaking 1).
Webinar: Residents’ Rights to Voting, Self-Determination, & Quality Care
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flFU_LMFgE4 Listen to audio Download Webinar Slides (PDF)