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Long-Term Care Resident's Voter Guide
 Election season is an exciting time that offers a renewed opportunity to shape public policy. If you live in a nursing home, federal nursing home regulations emphasize that you have the same rights as any other citizen of the United States – this includes your right to vote! Read the Long Term Care Resident's Voter Guide for tips on preparing to vote, being informed, and long-term care facility responsibilities for supporting residents voting.
Long-term care Ombudsman program representatives can raise awareness for and support residents' right to vote. Read the new fact sheet, Residents' Right to Vote and Ombudsman Program Advocacy.
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Alison Barkoff Leaving HHS
Last week, Alison Barkoff, the senior official performing the duties of the Administration for Community Living (ACL) Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging, announced that she will be leaving the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in early October. Barkoff joined ACL on the first day of the Biden-Harris Administration. Under her leadership, ACL has worked closely with disability and aging advocates and partners across federal government to strengthen protections for the civil rights of people with disabilities and older adults and to improve access to the services and supports they need to maintain their health and independence in the community. Barkoff will join George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health as the Harold and Jane Hirsh Associate Professor of Health Law and Policy and director of the Hirsh Health Law and Policy Program.
For more information, read the press release from ACL.
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Resource Highlight - Nursing Home Discharges
 The threat of transfer or discharge from a nursing home can be both frightening and stressful for residents and their families. Too often, a facility may respond to resident’s difficulties or increasing need for care or repeated questions or complaints from family members by attempting to transfer or discharge a resident. However, many involuntary discharges can be resolved successfully. Residents have rights. Read the fact sheet to learn what residents can do if they've been told to leave.
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