The Long Term Care Community Coalition is not your best friend. This coalition creates a false facade for outsiders like lawmakers, regulators, and other key influencers. Their talking points include, “Poor us. We’re getting squeezed from every direction. We don’t get paid nearly enough for the care we provide. We’re drowning in regulations. And now,
The family of Vera Plares, a 98-year-old Santa Clara woman, is claiming that the nursing home where she was living is liable after Plares’s roommate beat her to death with a cane. Plares was a resident at the for-profit Mission Skilled Nursing & Subacute Center in Santa Clara. Last December, Plares’ roommate, 78-year-old Connie Delucca,
A recent study reveals “disturbing” nursing home deficiencies across the United States. Researcher and injury lawyer Bader Scott ranked states based on data from nursing home facilities that reported deficiencies to assess care quality. Many states in the U.S. are failing to provide adequate quality care to loved ones, leaving families worried about their safety
The Trump administration’s decision to eliminate the Administration for Community Living (ACL) and fold its responsibilities into other HHS agencies is a quiet but deeply damaging move. This is not merely a bureaucratic reshuffle, but rather an abandonment of the federal government’s only dedicated advocate for older adults and adults with disabilities. ACL existed to
The Department of Health and Human Services has the largest budget of any federal agency at roughly $1.7 trillion per year (see breakdown) because 25% percent of the population benefit from the agency. The spending goes toward the disbursement of popular programs, including Medicaid, Medicare, and insurance for children in low-income families. The agency also
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