I. Current Talking Points for Media Engagement:
Older Americans Month Talking Points
See link to full State Media Resources folder at bottom of page.
II. Following the Narrative: A quick summary of national media trends last week.
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National coverage of issues related to aging services included marking COVID-related deaths of one million Americans; Congressional debate over economic recovery packages and tracking CMS actions on nursing home reform – including trade coverage of CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure’s visit last week to LeadingAge MD member The Neighborhoods at St. Elizabeth Rehabilitation & Nursing Center in Baltimore.
Biden Administration, Congress, Government Agencies
- *McKnight’s Long-Term Care News, In first nursing home visit, CMS admin gets straight talk on agencies, pay and performance
- Bloomberg Law, Cash Influx Aimed at Tackling Nursing Home Inspection Woes
- NBC News, Biden urges Congress to ‘immediately’ pass Ukraine aid, putting Covid funds on back burner
- Forbes, Biden’s Plan To Expand Broadband Will Be A Huge Help To Older Adults
- *McKnight’s Long-Term Care News, Providers plead for more COVID funding ahead of expected surges
- *McKnight’s Long-Term Care News, Feds deny provider request to speed up process for prevailing wage for foreign RNs
Coronavirus, Vaccines/Boosters, Workforce, Waivers
- AARP.com: Covid-19 Kills a Million Americans
- WebMD News Brief, Breakthrough COVID Deaths Increasing in U.S.
- *McKnight’s Senior Living, The pandemic’s potential good news
- McKnight’s Senior Living, Omicron, costs, funding loss stalling long-term care recovery, experts say
- *McKnight’s Senior Living, COVID-19 fight needs testing, vaccines, treatment access: LeadingAge
- CNN, Why Covid-19 vaccine boosters may be more important than ever
- McKnight’s Long-Term Care News, Staff retention crucial after study confirms lower turnover linked to higher quality of care at nursing homes
- McKnight’s Senior Living, Nursing shortage reaches crisis level as staff exit the profession, survey says
- McKnight’s Senior Living, $6.5 million project will recruit, train, place caregivers in assisted living communities
- McKnight’s Senior Living, AHCA/NCAL, 15 other groups pressure HHS to extend public health emergency
- (Opinion) McKnight’s Long-Term Care News, The fate of telehealth funding once PHE is gone
- NJ.com: Special Report: Understaffed and Overwhelmed, May 15, 2022
- Seattle Times, Where WA Long-Term Care Facilities Stand, 2 Years into COVID and amid a ‘whole new crisis,”
- Los Angeles Times/Kaiser Health News, California Aims to Tighten Licensing of Nursing Homes After Pandemic Exposes Deadly Lapses
III. Other Clips that Influenced the Week: LeadingAge is a sought-out, reliable source for multiple trade and national media outlets (see that coverage posted in our LeadingAge Press Room). Other key clips that shaped the narrative last week:
- *McKnight’s Senior Living, Assisted living communities in more danger of closing than nursing homes
- *McKnight’s Senior Living, Expand affordable senior housing to help older adults age in place, 40 senators say
- New England Journal of Medicine, Perspective: Reforming Nursing Home Financing, Payment and Oversight
- Home Health Care News PACE Giant InnovAge Undergoes ‘Significant Transformation’ to Address Regulatory Challenges
- McKnight’s Senior Living, National bill would require senior living operators to implement workplace violence prevention plans
- Skilled Nursing News, Covid-Related Nursing Home Lawsuits to ‘Skyrocket’ With Protections on Shaky Ground
IV. What’s On Our Radar — this week’s likely priorities:
- Advocacy urging Congress to fully fund the White House emergency COVID relief measure
- Advocacy urging CMS not to cut Medicare payment rates
- Push to HHS to extend the PHE
- Ongoing engagement with White House, federal agencies re: POTUS Quality of Care in Nursing Homes Initiative
V. National Statements & Products (all posted on the Press Room page):
