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New Report on Nursing Home Ownership – LTCCC Media Alert

March 9, 2020 – Over the last several years, it has become increasingly evident that too many nursing home residents are at risk of experiencing poor care because of fundamental problems with a facility’s ownership, management, and finances. This trend is…

Mar 13, 2020

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Protecting Vulnerable Residents From Coronavirus – LTCCC News Alert

March 3, 2020 — Concern over coronavirus is growing as a significant outbreak in the United States becomes increasingly likely. According to researchers, residents in nursing homes and other adult care facilities are particularly vulnerable to coronavirus due to their age,…

Mar 3, 2020

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Nursing Home Update: Severe Nurse Understaffing Reported

February 26, 2020 – Sufficient staffing is vital to a nursing home resident’s quality of care and ability to live with dignity. Unfortunately, many nursing homes fail to comply with federal law requiring facilities to provide sufficient care staff and to…

Feb 28, 2020

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LTCCC Action Alert: Please speak out to increase funding of the NYS Long Term Care Ombudsman Program

The Long Term Care Ombudsman Program (LTCOP) offers a valuable, cost-effective service to seniors and their families in nursing homes, adult care facilities, and family type homes, by helping address their complaints and quality of life concerns. LTCOP has long…

Feb 14, 2020

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New Report Illustrates Inhumane Conditions in Nursing Homes – LTCCC

January 21, 2020 – For far too many nursing home residents, adequate care and treatment with dignity are out of reach. Though nursing home standards are strong, the promise of those standards is frequently broken. Last year, a resident’s daughter…

Jan 21, 2020

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The Most Poorly Rated Nursing Homes – LTCCC Alert

August 21, 2019 – Approximately half of all seniors will need nursing home care at some point. Despite this significant need, and the vulnerability of most nursing home residents, serious problems are widespread and persistent, including inadequate staffing, substandard care, abuse,…

Aug 22, 2019

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