Long Term Care Community Coalition

08/13/2025

Kudos to Virginia Gov Youngkin for stepping up to address widespread nursing home neglect and abuse! https://www.governor.virginia.gov/newsroom/news-releases/2025/august/name-1054856-en.html

Want to see action in your state? Visit https://nursinghome411.org/find-legislators/ to find contact info for your governor and legislative reps.

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08/12/2025

Join LTCCC and special guest Deborah Truhowsky this Thursday, August 14 at 11am ET for our August 2025 Hudson Valley Nursing Home Update, where we’ll take a closer look at:

🔹 New data on local nursing home performance, including staffing, citations, and star ratings
🔹 Abuse and neglect — how to recognize it, what your legal rights are, and what steps you can take to protect your loved ones.

As always, this program is free and open to the public. Register now and feel free to share this invitation with your networks!

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Hudson Valley Nursing Home Update. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

08/07/2025

On July 30, 2025, the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging held a hearing to examine the ongoing crisis of elder abuse and neglect. In response, LTCCC submitted written testimony for the official hearing record.

Read LTCCC's full testimony: https://nursinghome411.org/aging-committee-hearing-elder-abuse-2025-testimony/

08/04/2025

A new study explores how chronic understaffing in U.S. nursing homes may not only reduce care quality but also incentivize unethical practices, particularly the inappropriate use of antipsychotic medications as chemical restraints for individuals living with dementia.

Read more in LTCCC's latest Senior Care Policy Brief:

Senior Care Policy Brief: Financial Games, Human Costs Subscribe to LTCCC’s Senior Care Policy BriefThe Senior Care Policy Briefing covers important long-term care issues by highlighting policy updates, news reports, and academic research. Read the full Senior Care Policy Briefing below or downloa...

07/28/2025

This month marks 35 years since the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law on July 26, 1990—a landmark moment for disability rights.

To honor this milestone, LTCCC is spotlighting our Dementia Care in the Community Toolkit, designed to support individuals living with dementia and their caregivers in home and community settings.

🔗 Explore the toolkit at https://nursinghome411.org/dementia-care-in-the-community

07/23/2025

Looking forward to presenting at the National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care 2025 Conference on our Dementia Care in the Community project. Check it out here: https://nursinghome411.org/learn/dementia-care-in-the-community/

Registration is open for the Consumer Voice Conference in November. Join us in Arlington, Virginia or online! Learn more: https://theconsumervoice.org/2025-conference/

07/15/2025

"The fire’s death toll, experts told The Washington Post, lays bare the vulnerabilities of assisted-living facilities — where “the whole gamut of protections or the ways in which someone could be safe in an emergency situation can easily fall apart,” said Richard Mollot, executive director of the national advocacy group Long Term Care Community Coalition.

The popularity of these facilities has surged in recent decades as families seek alternatives to nursing homes, which have gained a bad reputation “as being a place that is very institutional and where people tend to get poor care,” Mollot said. But the growth of assisted-living facilities has brought heightened risks. Residents are often older when they arrive or have mobility and cognitive impairments that make evacuating far more difficult, Mollot added."

The death toll of the fire in Fall River lays bare the vulnerabilities of assisted-living facilities, experts told The Washington Post.

07/15/2025

🧾 "Big Beautiful Bill"? More like big Medicaid cuts.

The newly passed H.R. 1 could strip coverage from millions who rely on Medicaid for nursing home and home care.

📣 Get the facts in our latest Senior Care Policy Brief: https://nursinghome411.org/policybrief-jul15-2025/

Senior Care Policy Brief: Big Bill, Big Cuts Subscribe to LTCCC’s Senior Care Policy BriefThe Senior Care Policy Briefing covers important long-term care issues by highlighting policy updates, news reports, and academic research. Read the full Senior Care Policy Briefing below or download here. Ju...

07/02/2025

Yesterday, July 1, the Senate passed the so-called Big Beautiful Bill—a dangerous piece of legislation that slashes Medicaid and threatens the health and safety of nursing home residents and millions of others.

Read our full statement and take action:
🔗 https://nursinghome411.org/statement-hr1/

LTCCC’s Statement on Senate Passage of the “Big Beautiful Bill” July 1, 2025—The Long Term Care Community Coalition is deeply disheartened by the Senate’s passage of the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” or H.R. 1, a sweeping and harmful piece of legislation that will devastate access to ...

06/30/2025

A federal judge in Iowa struck down two major components of the Biden administration’s nursing home staffing mandate: the requirement for a registered nurse (RN) to be on-site 24/7 and the minimum staffing standard of 3.5 hours per resident per day.

Read more about it in today's latest Senior Care Policy Brief:

Senior Care Policy Brief: Care Compare Gets a Makeover Subscribe to LTCCC’s Senior Care Policy BriefThe Senior Care Policy Briefing covers important long-term care issues by highlighting policy updates, news reports, and academic research. Read the full Senior Care Policy Briefing below or downloa...

06/30/2025

🧓💜 Elder Abuse Awareness Month may be ending, but our advocacy isn’t! 💜🧓

📣 Resource Highlight: Fact Sheet – Abuse & Neglect in Assisted Living

Assisted living should mean safe living. But too often, residents face emotional, physical, or even financial harm—sometimes with little oversight or accountability.
📌 This fact sheet breaks down:
✔️ The types of abuse and neglect that can occur
✔️ Why state oversight falls short
✔️ What families, advocates, and policymakers need to know

Let’s keep the momentum going beyond June. 💪

📚 Read & share: nursinghome411.org/facts-abuse-assisted-living

06/25/2025

"Half of Kansas nursing home investigator positions are vacant. Residents die waiting for help"

Advocates say understaffing at the Kansas agency that regulates adult care homes puts elderly and disabled residents at risk of abuse and neglect.