LeadingAge Weekly Updates
Affordable Housing Weekly Update Recap is available hereHome Health and Hospice Weekly Update Recap is available here Life Plan Community Weekly Update Recap is available hereNursing Home Weekly Update Recap is available herePACE Weekly Update Recap is available here
Association Meeting with CMS Administrator
Last Friday, LeadingAge CEO Katie Sloan, along with a small group of health and long-term care organization CEOs, participated in a listening session with CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure. Among the issues Katie raised with the...
LeadingAge National Nursing Home Advisory Group Update
Thanks to all who participated in last month’s Nursing Home Advisory Group call. A summary of the call is available here. Topics: OSHA ETS presentation, member discussion on essential caregivers and more. The next call...
Three Upcoming Home Health and Hospice Events
Calling all home health and hospice members! We are hosting two events to provide feedback on the Home Health Rule. On July 26th at 12:20 PM CT, join us for a Hospice Survey Reform Discussion,...
The Week in Media for August 16 – August 22, 2021
I. FOLLOWING THE NARRATIVE: A quick summary of national media trends last week.(*LeadingAge is featured in the story.)
With the spread of the Delta variant pushing up COVID-19 cases, last week’s two-pronged action by the Biden Administration...
Get Involved in Changing the Image of Aging Services
Americans have never needed aging services more, yet our sector is not well understood by the general public. Join us on January 27th at 1 PM Central to prepare to implement Opening Doors to Aging Services, a LeadingAge...
LeadingAge Letter to the Editor on New Yorker Article
Katie Smith Sloan sent a letter to the editors of the New Yorker regarding the story “How Hospice Became a For Profit Hustle.” Please see the letter here that underscores that differences between our nonprofit and mission driven...
Integrating Health and Housing for Low-Income Older Adults
A new report released by Community Catalyst in partnership with the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston outlines policy options to improve the integration of health care services with affordable housing for low-income older adults! This study...
LeadingAge and LTC Providers Request State Department Prioritize Immigrant Visas for Nurses
LeadingAge co-signed a letter, along with 11 long-term care and post-acute provider organizations, to request the U.S. Department of State (DOS) take specific actions to prioritize immigrant visas for nurses who have approved petitions....
Action Alert Reminder: Let CMS Administrator Brooks-LaSure Know What You Think About Nursing Home...
If you have not already taken action, please click here to write to CMS Administrator Brooks-LaSure opposing the adoption of a federal minimum staffing mandate without the necessary workforce investments and reimbursement levels to...
2021 Global Ageing Network Summit
Our global community of providers support each other by sharing experiences, strategies, and solutions. This past year has shown us the importance of connection and learning from one another. The more we can expand...
Immigration Advocacy
LeadingAge joined with other LTC organizations to urge the State Department to prioritize and process immigration visas for healthcare workers. Our efforts were highlighted in an article in US News, which unpacked the challenges facing US employers who...