In this new episode of the Pursuing Quality Long-Term Care podcast, join us as we speak about this year’s Residents’ Rights Month theme, Inspiring Unity within Our Community. Lori Smetanka, Executive Director at Consumer Voice, and Jocelyn Bogdan, Senior Policy Specialist at Consumer Voice discuss why having a community is important, how residents can exercise their rights around their community, and examples of ways residents, families, and staff can help build a community for residents living in long-term care.
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A new episode of the Pursuing Quality Long-Term Care podcast is now available.
Abuse is defined in the federal nursing home regulations as the willful infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation, or punishment with resulting physical harm, pain, or mental anguish. It can take many forms including physical abuse, verbal, sexual, mental, emotional, and financial. Even though federal law states that residents of long-term care facilities have the right to be free from abuse, it still does occur and is largely under-reported and inadequately investigated and addressed.
In this episode we are talking with Dr. Laura Mosqueda, a professor of Family Medicine and Geriatrics, and Beverley Laubert, the National Ombudsman Program Coordinator at the Administration for Community Living about abuse of those living in long-term care facilities – an issue that affects thousands of residents of nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and other long-term care settings.
Recent data indicates increased concern about incidences of abuse in long-term care facilities. That, along with the fact that June 15 is designated as World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD), made us think it was important and timely to talk about this issue.
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Untangling Nursing Home Staffing & Finances: Making Sense of a Complex Web in a Push for Better Care
A new episode of the Pursuing Quality Long-Term Care podcast is now available.
Research has shown that staffing in nursing homes - numbers of staff, skills mix, and training - are critical indicators of quality care and positive resident outcomes. Yet too many nursing homes are understaffed, and the long-term care industry claims it does not have the resources to hire more staff. But is that really true? Listen in for a discussion with David Brevda, Esq., Partner, Senior Justice Law Firm, and Robyn Grant, Director of Public Policy at Consumer Voice about how complex facility practices and resource allocation, combined with a lack of minimum standards, put residents at risk for poor care and bad outcomes; as well as recommendations for addressing these problems.
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A Conversation with Nursing Home Residents: Part II
A new episode of the Pursuing Quality Long-Term Care podcast is now available.
The most significant nursing home reforms in decades were announced in February 2022. The reforms include the creation of a minimum staffing standard in nursing homes, accountability for poor performing nursing homes, increased transparency around ownership and finances, and support for direct care staff. These reforms are critical and urgently needed to address the inadequate conditions many residents face in their day-to-day lives.
In this episode we continue our conversation with long-term care residents about the importance of these reforms. We speak with two residents to discuss the problems they face in their day-to-day lives from inadequate staffing, the ways nursing home ownership has impacted their lives throughout the pandemic, as well as what can be done to improve their lives in long-term care.
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A Deeper Look at the 2022 Nuring Home Reforms
In this episode of the "Pursuing Quality Long-Term Care" podcast, we take a deeper look at the Biden Administration's nursing home reforms, announced on February 28, 2022. These reforms include the most significant improvements to nursing homes in decades.
We are joined by Sam Brooks and Jocelyn Bogdan of Consumer Voice, who break down the five categories of the reforms including:
(1) Ensuring taxpayer dollars support nursing homes that provide safe adequate, and dignified care;
(2) Enhancing accountability and oversight;
(3) Increasing transparency;
(4) Creating pathways to good-paying jobs with the free and fair choice to join a union; and
(5) Ensuring pandemic and emergency preparedness in nursing homes.
These reforms are critical to addressing the inadequate conditions many residents face in their day-to-day lives.
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A Conversation with Nursing Home Residents About Staffing
A new episode of the Pursuing Quality Long-Term Care podcast is now available.
On February 28, 2022, the Biden Administration announced it would be implementing new nursing home reforms including the creation of a minimum staffing standard in nursing homes, accountability for poor performing nursing homes, increased transparency around ownership and finances, and support for direct care staff. These reforms are critical and desperately needed to address the inadequate conditions that many residents face in their day-to-day lives.
In this episode, we speak directly with two long-term care residents, in Texas and Ohio, about the importance of these reforms, the problems they face in their day-to-day lives from inadequate and untrained staff, and what other changes they would like to see to help improve their lives in long-term care.
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A new consumer video and resource on nursing home neglect is now available. These materials provide signs of neglect, red flags, and tips on how to take action to report neglect.
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Nursing Home Neglect: Preventing It and Getting Help
A new episode of the Pursuing Quality Long-Term Care podcast is now available.
The pandemic has renewed concerns about the quality of care that residents receive in some nursing homes, and many family members have reported significant decline in the condition of their loved ones. Neglect and abuse of older adults is a long-standing problem that is under-reported and has not received the necessary attention and response from policymakers, yet it results in needless and preventable suffering and harm.
In this episode with Dr. Laura Mosqueda, a professor of Family Medicine and Geriatrics at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, we talk about neglect, which is the failure to provide goods and services to an individual that are necessary to avoid physical harm, pain, mental anguish, or emotional distress. Neglect may or may not be intentional.
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Overview of the Updated CMS Visitation Guidance
On November 12, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued updated Nursing Home Visitation Guidance. Because of the high rates of vaccination among residents and the new vaccine requirement for staff, as well as the reduced number of new COVID-19 cases each week, visitation is now allowed at all times for all residents, this includes indoor visitation.
In this episode of the Pursuing Quality Long-Term Care podcast, Jocelyn Bogdan from Consumer Voice goes through the updated guidance and talks about what rights residents of nursing homes have.
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A Discussion of Resident's Rights
Advocating for Essential Caregivers
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Before COVID-19, Mary Daniel would head to the long-term care facility where her husband resided every day after work and spend the evening with him. When facilities were locked down in March, family members were not allowed in, and residents were left without many of the essential supports that family members provided. In this episode we will hear Mary’s story about how she advocated to be reunited with her husband, the national movement she founded, and talk about what we all can do to make a difference today.
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When Your Loved One is Labeled a "Bad Fit:" How to Advocate for the Quality Care They Deserve
When Your Loved One is Labeled a "Bad Fit:" How to Advocate for the Quality Care They Deserve
Using the CMS Guidance to Open Nursing Home Doors
Remembering Those Lost in a Long-Term Care Facility During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Devastating Effect of Lockdowns on Residents of Long-Term Care Facilities During COVID-19
The Impact of Social Isolation on Nursing Home Residents During COVID-19
Advocating for Resident’s Rights: About the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program
Finding Real Solutions for Behavioral Health Needs in Persons with Dementia
Understanding Person-Centered Care
What Does Family Advocacy Look Like During COVID-19?
What to Look for and Questions to Ask as You Resume Visits in a Long-Term Care Facility
Putting a Stop to Poor Care
Keeping Families Together/Bringing a Loved One Home
Staying Connected from a Distance to People Living with Dementia in Long-Term Care
Avoiding Drugs as Chemical Restraints
Family Advocacy for Residents during COVID-19 Webinar
Consumer Voice Hill Day 2019 - Tim Johnston
Lori Smetanka Answers Question About Nursing Home Abuse
Residents' Rights Month Gala
