States Set Minimum Staffing Levels for Nursing Homes. Residents Suffer When Rules Are Ignored or Waived.
For hours, John Pernorio repeatedly mashed the call button at his bedside in the Heritage Hills nursing home in Rhode Island. A retired...
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Michelle Arnot
It’s Time For HUD To Act On Nursing Home Quality Improvement from the Moving Forward Nursing Home Quality Coalition
Published in Health Affairs, June 17, 2024 Authors: Marc A. Cohen David C. Grabowski Isaac O. Longobardi Alice Bonner Richard Gamache...
Sophia Casale
One Mad Mom, Carrie Leljedal, Attends the Center for Innovation Conference in July
Two of the biggest leaders in the culture change movement partnered to host four days filled with camaraderie, excitement, and bright...
Sophia Casale
Actions Nursing Home Administrators Can Take To Retain Their CNAs Who Go Above & Beyond
As we at Gray Panthers NYC prepare to announce our Above & Beyond award winners, we thought it would be fitting to share an excerpt from...
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What’s Slower…Rush Hour Traffic, or Carrying Out Existing Laws on Long-Term Care?
If you want to get a conversation started with a stranger here in New York City, just talk about the weather, the MTA, or the traffic....
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Some Good News in the World of Long-Term Care
Often, this blog is used to report bad news or a need for action on ageism, long-term care, and social justice issues, just to name a...
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Why Many American Nursing Homes Are Like McDonald’s
As far as we know, there aren’t tons of nursing homes out there serving Big Macs or Chicken McNuggets to their residents. So why, then,...
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More Funding Needed for Nursing Home Oversight
Gray Panthers NYC recently learned that some lawmakers are making noise to push for increased funding for nursing home oversight. Gray...
Karen Klink
Loved Ones of Long-Term Care Residents: Not a Burden!
As someone who has a loved one in Long-Term Care, I have personally experienced bias and discrimination in the way our loved ones are...
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Taking Action: Recap of Gray Panthers NYC Town Hall with Assembly Member Ron Kim
At our most recent Transformation Tuesday on October 25, 2022, Gray Panthers hosted a town hall with Assembly Member Ron Kim, the Chair...
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Gray Panthers NYC on Nursing Home Staffing in New York
Recently Gray Panthers NYC was part of a coalition of organizations submitting joint comments on the New York State Department of...
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