Essential Caregivers Coalition

Supporting access to resident-designated support persons in long-term care lockdowns.

[National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care @ConsumerVoices]

Congress is considering cuts to the Medicaid program that could exceed $800 billion and are seeking to block the nursing home minimum staffing standard from going into effect. Contact your members of Congress: https://t.co/ZdyL2NmRFm

[Susan @sgsma4]

Legislate Standards, make consequences meaningful for operators who bypass, close loophole in New Brunswick that lets operators evict residents if they or their family raise concerns. Silencing people in #LTC & families is the foundation of #elderabuse.@KellyLamrockNB @susanholt

[Long Term Care Community Coalition @LTCconsumer]

#Shame on Calif DPH! “We think this is a message to residents of nursing homes in California that their welfare just isn’t all that concerning to the state.” ⁦@CANHR_CA⁩ CA nursing home owner to get licenses despite state complaints @CalMatters⁩ https://t.co/WUL6nVtIZB

[M. A. Taylor Stark @mtaylorstark]

😡😡😡 @DavidCGrabowski @ananavarro @GoGrlMediaSusie @XavierBecerra @mester_mark @markkr @ApronsUnite @EssentialCgC @isolationkills2

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[National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care @ConsumerVoices]

Join us with @AFLCIO and @SEIU on Thursday, July 13 at 2:00pm ET for a virtual rally to let the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) know that a strong federal staffing standard is the only way to end the long-term care crisis in our country. https://t.co/ZJufgP2nge

[Long Term Care Community Coalition @LTCconsumer]

#NewJersey is (finally + thankfully) implementing its minimum #safestaffing std. Thank you @GovMurphy & #NJ legislators! Indstry lobbyists r whining that it is not fair to them when, in fact, #nursinghomes are already paid to provide good care & #dignity. https://t.co/wmQQlSwg3V

[Mary A Batchellor Nichols @MaryABatchellor]

A great many in the @LTCconsumer report are in Texas. Hope #txlege and @TexasHouse remember this next session when they consider amending the @TX_LTC_ombuds program again. https://t.co/kWVGqrbj82

[Long Term Care Community Coalition @LTCconsumer]

#BRAVA ⁦@NewYorkStateAG⁩! Too many #nursinghomes pull millions in “upfront profits” while betraying residents & #families & falsely claiming poverty. Time to stop listening to indstry lobbyists⁦⁩!@NYSHFA_NYSCAL⁩ ⁦@LeadingAgeNY⁩ https://t.co/jpSLkKgXhT

[National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care @ConsumerVoices]

What has your experience been with inadequate staffing in a nursing home? Let us know: https://t.co/2HRzX2R62z

[National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care @ConsumerVoices]

Consumer Voice Executive Director Lori Smetanka speaking on a panel tomorrow discussing the complex trauma histories of diverse older adults, how trauma relates to elder abuse, & strategies to provide culturally responsive & trauma-informed support. https://t.co/z18jDLmoiW #WEAAD

[Essential Caregivers Coalition @EssentialCgC]

@wassdoc And yes! “We strongly object to using chronologic age as a landmark of any medical decision. This is tantamount to using other physical landmarks including the color of the skin, the family history, or the presence of a disabling disease at any age.”

[Essential Caregivers Coalition @EssentialCgC]

@wassdoc YES- “autonomy should be presumed, even for individuals with cognitive impairment.”

[Deborah Buchanan @ApronsUnite]

Like Fire Through Dry Grass
@NYHammond @RepRaskin @mtaylorstark @DavidCGrabowski

[Long Term Care Community Coalition @LTCconsumer]

When it comes to the #NursingHome industry's lobbyists & press, every complaint is a confession. Here, they're bemoaning the costs of #infectioncontrol when, in fact, they're already paid to provide a safe & clean environment. Sadly, too many fail. https://t.co/lC9FpoJIC1

[Long Term Care Community Coalition @LTCconsumer]

New study on #California #NursingHomes finds that, although occupancy declined substantially between 2019 & 2020, some (but not all) had a substantial increase in profit margins in 2020 over 2019. Further evidence for ⬆️transparency & #SafeStaffing stds. https://t.co/FO9lmi7xOu

[National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care @ConsumerVoices]

New podcast ep highlights the experiences of long-term care residents as they shared how living in a facility with inadequate staffing affects their quality of life and the quality of care that they receive https://t.co/HDW0TqfWqV

[Mike Wasserman @wassdoc]

Without full and complete ownership and financial transparency, the NH industry will continue to gaslight states and federal government that they need more $$!

[National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care @ConsumerVoices]

What it would mean to have adequate staffing in a nursing home https://t.co/TrY3qdEbXG

[National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care @ConsumerVoices]

Join us for a webinar one week from today to hear from nursing home residents about how living in a facility with inadequate staffing affects their lives, and what it would mean to live in a facility with enough staff. Register now: https://t.co/splKuiA63q

[Sarah K🇨🇦 (she/her) @sarah12192017]

I was chatting today w/someone about #Caregivers & how we are mostly invisible w/in hc institutions & he asked why. I thought this was an excellent question to bring here. Why would those who have the greatest interest in helping the patient, their loved one, be excluded?