LTCCC Policy Brief: Nursing Home Transparency
Nursing Home Transparency: A Critical Tool to Improve the Quality of Nursing Home Care Why is it so difficult to hold nursing homes accountable for providing the level of care for which they are being [...]
LTCCC Policy Brief: Direct Care Minimum Spending Laws
Until recently, nursing homes have not been required to spend a set minimum percentage of the funds they receive on the care of their residents, nor have the public or policymakers had an effective tool [...]
LTCCC Applauds Governor Hochul’s Decision to Implement Vital Nursing Home Resident Protections
The safety and dignity of vulnerable residents and care staff will greatly improve when nursing homes comply with New York’s long anticipated reforms. April 1, 2022 – For decades, both federal and state minimum [...]
LTCCC Policy Brief: New York’s Direct Care Minimum Spending Ratio
In April 2021, a law was passed in New York establishing new requirements for how much the state’s nursing homes must spend on care for their residents and setting forth limits on what nursing [...]
LTCCC Applauds White House’s Proposed Nursing Home Reforms
Download PDF of this alert. February 28, 2022 – The COVID-19 pandemic exposed longstanding problems in nursing homes that can only be addressed through systemic reform at the federal level. Today, the White House [...]
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’ [...]