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July 31, 2025.
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July 15, 2025.
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June 30, 2025.
Presenters: LTCCC’s Richard Mollot (Executive Director), Hayley Cronquist (Associate Director), Rachel Farber (Policy Fellow) PowerPoint Slides (PDF) Dementia Care in the Community Toolkit
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June 16, 2025.
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May 30, 2025.
Register for LTCCC’s June Webinar.
Presenter: Kenneth Levine PowerPoint Slides (PDF)
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May 15, 2025.
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April 30, 2025.
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Presenter: Eilon Caspi, Gerontologist and Dementia Behavior Specialist PowerPoint Slides (PDF)
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April 15, 2025.
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March 31, 2025.
This issue of the Policy Brief focuses on the Medicare Payment […]
Presenters: Sam Brooks (National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care), Maurice Miller, Cindy Napolitan, and Ray DiFrancesco
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March 17, 2025.
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February 28, 2025.
Presenters: Robert McLaughlin (Healthcare Data Analyst) & Richard Mollot (LTCCC Executive Director)
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February 14, 2025.
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January 31, 2025.
Editor’s Note: Due to a production delay, there was no January 15 issue of the SCPB. […]
Presenters: Kevin D. Walsh (Acting NJ State Comptroller), Josh Lichtblau (Director, NJ Medicaid Fraud Division), Laurie Facciarossa-Brewer (NJ Long-Term Care Ombudsman)
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January 2, 2025.
Despite longstanding industry claims that nursing […]
Presenters: John M. Griffin (University of Texas at Austin – Department of Finance) and Alex Priest (University of Rochester – Simon Business School)
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December 16, 2024.
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December 4, 2024.
Presenters: Elizabeth Speidel (Director of Community Engagement) and NJ Nursing Home Residents Glenn Osborne, Ray DiFrancesco, Gail Smith, and Martha Robinson
VIDEO: In Their Own Words: People Living in Nursing Homes
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November 15, 2024.
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October 31, 2024.
Overbilling and Killing? An Examination of the Skilled Nursing Industry […]
Presenters: Laura Mosqueda, MD (Keck School of Medicine of USC) and Rachel Tate (WISE & Healthy Aging) Powerpoint slides (PDF)
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October 15, 2024.
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September 30, 2024.
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September 17, 2024.
The Brief recently highlighted the […]
Presenter: Richard Mollot, LTCCC Executive Director Powerpoint slides (PDF) Staffing Data
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September 4, 2024.
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
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August 15, 2024.
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July 31, 2024.
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
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July 15, 2024.
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June 28, 2024.
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 […]
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June 17, 2024.
Many nursing homes […]
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May 31, 2024.
Presenter: MT Connolly, leading national expert on elder justice and author of The Measure of Our Age The Measure of Our Age
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May 15, 2024.
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April 30, 2024.
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April 15, 2024.
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March 29, 2024.
Presenter: Robert Tyler Braun, Assistant Professor of Population Health Sciences at Weill Cornell Medical College PowerPoint Slides (PDF) United States’ Nursing Home Finances Study
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March 15, 2024.
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February 29, 2024.
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Presenter: Julian Rich, Founder of J Rich Solutions, Expert Witness for Long-Term Care Cases
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February 15, 2024.
February 7, 2024 – Too many New York nursing home owners and operators are skimping on staffing and services, profiting at the expense of nursing home residents’ basic dignity and safety[1] as a result of lax monitoring and oversight. […]
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February 2, 2024.
Presenters: Bren Pramanik (Disability Rights New Jersey), Amy Brown (NJ LTCOP), and Hannah Diamond (Justice in Aging). PowerPoint Slides (PDF)
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January 19, 2024.
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December 28, 2023.
Presenters: LTCCC’s Richard Mollot, Eric Goldwein, Hayley Cronquist
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December 19, 2023.
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November 30, 2023.
Presenter: Ernie Tosh (Attorney and Forensic Accounting Expert)
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November 15, 2023.
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October 31, 2023.
Presenters: Kelly Bagby (Vice President at AARP Foundation Litigation), Benjamin Davis (Senior Attorney for AARP Foundation Litigation) PowerPoint Slides (PDF) LTCCC Report on Staffing
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October 15, 2023.
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September 15, 2023.
Each month, LTCCC’s Family Empowerment Team hosts a Zoom conversation (streamed on Facebook Live) with family members and advocates discussing issues affecting residents and their families. On the July 27 program, we were joined by family council members who talked about their experiences in family councils, including how their councils were […]
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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…
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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:
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 […]
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 […]
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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:
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Roughly 117,000 people reside in nursing homes in New York State. Unfortunately, these vulnerable individuals are far too often subjected to substandard care, abuse, and neglect. At the New York Joint Legislative Public Hearing on 2023 Executive Budget Proposal (February 28, 2023), LTCCC Policy Researcher Stefan Foster talks about the need for greater enforcement, […]
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 […]
2022 has been a pivotal year in long-term care and we at LTCCC are grateful for all those who have been writing and reporting about the important issues along the way.
That’s why we’re sharing 22 of our favorite articles of 2022 (plus, a few extras!). Below is a list of investigative stories, government reports, and […]
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 […]
This forum, hosted by the Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) – NY Metro Chapter, addresses the increasing role and implications of Wall Street investors – Private Equity – in the healthcare industry. The presenters (Rosemary Batt, Robert McNamara, and Richard Mollot) discuss decades of research that has demonstrated how Wall Street […]
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 […]
Technology resources like Zoom, FaceTime, Alexa, even TikTok, can open a world of possibilities and help us stay connected. Unfortunately, for many seniors and nursing home residents, these resources can be challenging and overwhelming. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Stefano Selorio is a 23-year-old Founder & CEO of Carevocacy, a company that […]
The federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) provides a range of resources for nursing home surveyors (inspectors) to assist in the evaluation of whether a nursing home’s care and services comport with federal minimum standards. These resources are also useful to nursing homes, residents, and others concerned about the quality of nursing home […]
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 […]
The LTC Journal covers important long-term care issues by highlighting policy updates, news reports, and academic research. Topics in this edition include:
Why is it so difficult to hold nursing homes accountable for providing the level of care for which they are being paid? How can it be […]
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.
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 […]
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 standards have mandated that nursing homes have […]
Presenter: Shekinah Fashaw-Walters, Ph.D.
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On this episode, advocate Cathy Unsino (LCSW) discusses the importance of providing person-centered care and shares experiences from her own work in nursing homes that show what’s possible when we believe in the individual’s capacity to grow.
Interview recorded November 2021 and edited for clarity.
Presenters: Richard Mollot (LTCCC Executive Director) and Eric Goldwein (LTCCC Policy & Communications Director).
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The Elder Justice Newsletter provides examples of health violations in which surveyors (nursing home inspectors) identified neither harm nor immediate jeopardy to resident health, safety, or well-being. Below is a searchable issue guide that includes the “no harm” deficiencies featured in our Elder Justice Newsletter in 2021. You may also access individual issues using the […]
As of December 2021, LTCCC is no longer updating this page. Visit CMS website for updated COVID-19 data.
LTCCC is providing a user-friendly spreadsheet (updated monthly) tracking COVID-19 vaccinations for residents and staff in U.S. nursing homes. Data are reported by nursing homes to the CDC and published by CMS.
Nursing Home Vaccination Data […]
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.
Presenter: Meryl Grenadier, attorney at AARP Foundation Litigation
What rights are guaranteed by the Nursing Home Reform Act? What can residents do when their nursing home fails to protect those rights? In this program, Meryl Grenadier reviews the basics of the Reform […]
