What’s the Difference Between Nursing Homes and Assisted Living?

LTCCC executive director Richard Mollot takes us back to the basics and explains the difference between:

• Nursing homes and Assisted Living facilities (1:25)
• Medicare and Medicaid (7:50)
• Ownership type: Non-profit vs. For-profit vs. Government facilities (11:25)
• Staffing positions: RN vs. CNA vs. LPN vs. LVN (16:00)

Note: Episode recorded July 2020

Background reading and references:

• NursingHome411’s Assisted Living page provides free fact sheets, guidebooks, and other resources
• HHS: What’s the difference between Medicare and Medicaid?
• LTCCC report examining relationship between ownership type and staffing/safety in New York facilities
• Care Compare (formerly Nursing Home Compare) displays information on nursing homes.
• LTCCC’s Q2 2020 staffing report includes information on RNs, LPNs, and CNAs for every U.S. facility.
• Richard’s recommendations:
  • House Ways & Means report finds that antipsychotic drug epidemic is ravaging U.S. nursing homes
  • LTCCC’s Dementia Care & Antipsychotic Drugging Advocacy Toolkit
  • Succession (HBO)

Host: Eric Goldwein
Music: Liturgy of the Street by Shane Ivers – https://www.silvermansound.com