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Thank You Long-Term Care Facilities!
We have heard some awesome reports from our followers that the long-term care facilities were awesome in communicating and
COVID-19 Is One We Will All Get Through Together!
We join our Ohio Governor DeWine in doing our part to minimize the lives we can lose with this virus. We are dedicated to doing our part in all
CMS Update on Survey Priority Due to COVID-19
Survey Priority has been updated due to concerns about the coronavirus going around. As this is a high
AARP & Summit County 2020 Senior County Summit
We heard about this event at the Summit County Nursing Home and Task Force Meeting. This sounds like an awesome event! They will have a dementia simulator
Jessie Ruffin, Effort on Short Staffing Through Carolyn's Law
This is a welcomed effort, Carolyn’s Law, to do something about short staffing which everyone knows exists in almost every facility at some point. Jessie’s petitions are bringing much awareness to this crisis. Nurses and aides have been overwhelmingly
Restricting and Banning Family Members That Make Concerns or Complaints!
This story comes from Canada, however, it is the same exact story for many in the United States. This is a popular practice for facilities to use when they feel someone is persistent in
Our Evidence Strength in Numbers!
One person could not lift this barn, however, 250 people did!
2019 A good year in starting efforts to help the elderly in long-term care
Looking back over the year,...for a such an overwhelming task to improve the quality of life for the elderly in long term care in this much broken system,
Deadline for Founding Community Supporter Opportunitiy
We will be ending our Founding Community Supporter Opportunity on December 31, 2019. This is a great opportunity to join our effort with Founding prices and acknowledgements
Our mission Includes Working Together in Positive Direction
Our Board has been holding back what they want to say as we are committed to the best practices and highest standards.
However, we feel we have stayed silent long enough on an issue that is present
An Effort to Add Nursing Home Facilities Patients' Bill of Rights to Ohio Constitution
Carolyn’s Law…an effort in Cleveland Area for our eldelry and all in long-term to receive acceptable and proper care they deserve to have! Many have had
Congress Currently Working on Improving Staffing
Staffing is a HUGE issue in long-term care facliites. This is a no brainer! It is not possible to give acceptable care if there is not enough staff. Allowing nursing homes to operate this way should
Update on Summit County Nursing Home and Facility Task Force Meeting
Despite the weather, 30 people showed up! That is an awesome start and will watch it grow as Elderly Advocates effort has!
Summit County Steps Up!
We are excited to read this story of Summit County developing a task force for issues with nursing homes
Statistics on Complaints
This report shows how many compalints are received and how few are substantiated.
Do we have valid concerns?
We can’t say enough, we feel our long-term care system is broken and in need of immediate repair.
Crack Down is needed!
t appears that is much in the news lately about Medicare making some drastic changes
Thank you for this Medicare!
We now have an alert icon listed on Medicare Compare that lets us know
Star Ratings for Nursing Homes
How does a facility with a two star rating on staffing get to be a five star facilty ????
This has gone on a long time..Banning Families From Facilities
Although this article is from 2003, not much has changed. Some get upset