The Long Term Care Community Coalition (LTCCC) is dedicated to improving care and quality of life for residents in nursing homes & other adult care facilities.
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Long Term Care Community Coalition retweeted
Ensuring nursing home residents can receive information in a language they understand is essential for promoting informed decision-making and quality care.
Nursing home regulations state that residents have the right to language assistance services. theconsumervoice.org/news/nu…
Long Term Care Community Coalition retweeted
🚨Ombudsmen and advocates, @LTCombudcenter @CMAorg @ConsumerVoices @LTCconsumer @CANHR_CA @justiceinaging and Michigan Elder Justice Initiative, join fight over nursing home staffing levels
📝Clark Kauffman @IowaCapDispatch
Find out more⬇️
iowacapitaldispatch.com/2024…
Long Term Care Community Coalition retweeted
Contrary to regular misunderstanding and misstatements, Medicare coverage is available for home health coverage with no duration of time limit.
#KnowJimmo
medicareadvocacy.org/know-ji…
Long Term Care Community Coalition retweeted
💡Medicaid Fraud Control Units are key to protecting taxpayer funds and ensuring the integrity of Medicaid services. They investigate and prosecute fraud, abuse, and neglect, helping safeguard vulnerable individuals. Learn more about their critical work: direc.to/fjAD
ALT Medicaid Fraud Control Units
Long Term Care Community Coalition retweeted
As a nursing home resident, you have the right to quality, person-centered care. Use the Power of Your Voice! Find tips in our fact sheet: theconsumervoice.org/uploads… #ResidentsRightsMonth #ThePowerofMyVoice
Long Term Care Community Coalition retweeted
Join @LTCconsumer, Laura Mosqueda, and Rachel Tate on October 22nd for a discussion on the Pasadena Elder and Dependent Adult Liaisons (PEDAL) program. Learn more and register: nursinghome411.zoom.us/webin…
ALT Promotional image for an LTC Webinar titled 'PEDAL: A Grass Roots Solution to Improving Long-Term Care' scheduled for October 22, 2024. Features headshots of speakers Laura Masqueda from Kech School of Medicine and Rachel Tate from Wealth & Healthy Aging. The description mentions a discussion about Passionate Elder and Dependent Adult Leaders (PEDAL), a multidisciplinary team dedicated to improving the care quality of elder adults, with mentions of initiatives, advocacy, and real-world impact.
Long Term Care Community Coalition retweeted
NEW: There are 100s of allegations of price-gouging after Hurricane Helene & before Milton. Kamala Harris proposed a federal price-gouging ban for just these moments. But the economists who savaged it at the time aren't budging in the face of new evidence.
prospect.org/economy/2024-10…
Long Term Care Community Coalition retweeted
A new report from @AgeWave and @johnahartford reveals that only 11% of #OlderAdults give U.S. health care an ‘A’ grade.
It’s time for #AgeFriendlyCare that focuses on what matters most to them. buff.ly/47w3EJt
Long Term Care Community Coalition retweeted
Watch a special 25-minute preview of the documentary No Country for Old People this Saturday at 3pm ET/12pm PT!
The @ConsumerVoices, @CANHR_CA California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, @LTCconsumer , @isolationkills2 Caregivers for Compromise, Innerhive, and the PT/OT/SLP United for Autonomy cordially invite you to a special 25-minute virtual preview of the groundbreaking documentary, No Country For Old People, highlighting the critical problems faced by residents in long-term care facilities and to promote systemic change.
"A filmmaker chronicles the last 6 months of her mother’s life in a 5-star nursing home in Los Angeles exposing the decades long corrupt, abusive, torturous, and often deadly profit-over-people business model of our long-term care system.”
You can access the screening on Sept. 14Th at 12pm PT/3pm ET
4-ways:
WATCH PARTY -
StreamYard - streamyard.com/x53pjxhx28
Guest Instructions: support.streamyard.com/hc/en…
YOUTUBE - youtube.com/watch?v=5viOFDcB…
FACEBOOK - facebook.com/events/52590326…
LinkedIN - linkedin.com/events/nocountr…
Long Term Care Community Coalition retweeted
Looking forward to talking with @LTCconsumer about #NursingHome reform--and how we can leverage existing law to improve #LongTermCare. Tomorrow at 1pm ET. 🆓
Long Term Care Community Coalition retweeted
Senator Warren and Rep. Schakowsky sent a letter to the AHCA and LeadingAge, two trade associations representing the nursing home industry, admonishing them for "shameless attempts to sabotage a long overdue CMS rule that would help millions of seniors."
warren.senate.gov/newsroom/p…
Long Term Care Community Coalition retweeted
During #Pride, listen again to last year's episode of the Pursuing Quality Long-Term Care podcast featuring @sageusa's Sherrill Wayland speaking about Progress and Challenges for LGBTQ+ Residents in Long-Term Care Facilities youtu.be/pBdlwzQ-XnM?si=vXqV…
Long Term Care Community Coalition retweeted
Long-Term Care Ombudsman program examples of training materials, promotional materials, consumer education, and more are available on the NORC website. View the program examples webpage: ltcombudsman.org/omb_support…
Long Term Care Community Coalition retweeted
Nursing homes will have to adhere to new staffing mandates imposed by the Biden administration.
We hear from @LTCconsumer about the new rules.
Listen➡️capitolpressroom.org/2024/05…
capitolpressroom.org/2024/05…
Long Term Care Community Coalition retweeted
Consumer Voice, with other advocates, sent a letter to the House Committee on Energy & Commerce’s Health Subcommittee opposing the Building America’s Health Care Workforce Act (H.R. 468) and the Ensuring Seniors’ Access to Quality Care Act (H.R. 3227). theconsumervoice.org/uploads…
Long Term Care Community Coalition retweeted
In the wake of New York adopting minimum staffing levels for nursing homes, the Biden administration has imposed its own criteria to ensure quality care.
We hear from @LTCconsumer about the new rules.
Listen➡️capitolpressroom.org/2024/05…
capitolpressroom.org/2024/05…
Long Term Care Community Coalition retweeted
Residents of Medicaid-funded assisted living facilities are entitled to the same eviction protections as other tenants in the city, county, or state.
Even if a state has no good cause eviction protections, a resident can assert their right to a trial. justiceinaging.org/evictions…
Long Term Care Community Coalition retweeted
According to the new UCLA study, if tunneling profits was ended, "The unreported profits are enough to fund a 29% increase in the number of registered nurses across facilities, according to the study."
anderson-review.ucla.edu/nur… @AndersonReview
Long Term Care Community Coalition retweeted
Volunteers lend their time, talent, and voice to make a difference, the Ombudsman program could not be its best without the volunteers who help carry out the mission of advocating for residents. Become a volunteer and share this video to encourage others. bit.ly/3vnpGzi
