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March 26, 2024
In this Issue:
- New Podcast Episode on How Existing Legal Authorities Can Help Fix Nursing Homes
- Opportunities for Sponsorship and Exhibiting at Consumer Voice Conference
- Materials Available from Nursing Home Staffing Webinar
- CMS Memo on Enhanced Barrier Precautions in Nursing Homes
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New Podcast Episode on How Existing Legal Authorities Can Help Fix Nursing Homes
 Often the conversation about addressing the chronic poor care that exists in far too many of today's nursing homes is framed around new laws or regulations. Yet, there are steps that can be taken now - using existing federal and state legal authority - to improve care and conditions in our country's nursing homes. In a new episode of the Pursuing Quality Long-Term Care podcast, we discuss four levers of opportunity for increasing quality and accountability in nursing homes with the author of Using What We Have: How Existing Legal Authorities Can Help Fix America's Nursing Home Crisis Nina Kohn, J.D.
Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, SoundCloud, Facebook, or our website.
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Opportunities for Sponsorship and Exhibiting at Consumer Voice Conference
 Join us for the 2024 Consumer Voice Annual Conference, the largest national gathering of long-term care consumer advocates, September 23-26, 2024 in San Francisco, California.
This year’s theme, The Power of Together, highlights the strength and effectiveness that can result from collaboration, unity, and working collectively to improve care and conditions around long-term care. Connect with advocates from across the country to learn, network, and exchange ideas on long-term care issues, including current trends, best practices, and advocacy opportunities.
Sponsorship offers multiple ways to increase your visibility with our attendees and promote your partnership with Consumer Voice.
Learn more about benefits of being a conference sponsor.
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Materials Available from Nursing Home Staffing Webinar
Last week, nursing home workers, residents and family members gathered for a webinar with Consumer Voice and SEIU to continue to demand minimum federal staffing standards in nursing homes. In addition to sharing the voices of a nursing home resident and worker, this webinar also focused on how safe staffing is possible. National expert on nursing home finances, Ernest Tosh, joined the webinar to break down the financials and rebut the narrative that the industry does not have enough money.
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CMS Memo on Enhanced Barrier Precautions in Nursing Homes
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published a memo (QSO-24-08-NH) regarding enhanced barrier precautions (EBP) in nursing homes. The new guidance for State Survey Agencies and long-term care facilities updates the use of EBP to align with nationally accepted standards, according to CMS. CMS's EBP recommendations now include use of EBP for residents with chronic wounds or indwelling medical devices during high-contact resident care activities regardless of their multidrug-resistant organism status.
Read the full memo from CMS.
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