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Consumer Voice Webinar on Using Data to Protect Nursing Home Residents
Join Consumer Voice Thursday, January 25th at 3:00pm ET for a webinar on Using Data to Protect Nursing Home Residents. Too often state and federal regulators fail to use data to protect nursing home residents from poor care and unscrupulous providers. From ownership, to staffing, to finances, regulators sit upon a trove of nursing home data that could be used to not only hold facilities accountable for poor care, but also help prevent catastrophic harm before it happens. Join the webinar to listen to experts discuss the various data sources that could be used proactively to help protect residents
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Justice in Aging Webinar on Advocacy Strategies When Nursing Facilities Won't Allow Residents to Return After Hospitalizations
Join Justice in Aging on Tuesday, January 30th at 2pm ET for a short webinar on that will explain the relevant federal law and walk through various advocacy strategies to return the resident to their nursing facility home after a hospitalization. Advocates will learn about survey agency complaints, administrative hearings, and state-court petitions for injunctive relief (for which Justice in Aging has template complaints and petitions). The 30 minute webinar also will include how to combat the common problem of a state agency claiming that it cannot force a facility to take back a resident. This webinar is targeted to advocates and legal aid attorneys.
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Resource Highlight - Avoiding Drugs Used as Chemical Restraints: Residents' Rights and Facility Responsibilities
 All nursing home residents have the right to quality, individualized, person-centered care that respects their needs, choices, preferences and routines. This includes when antipsychotic drugs are considered for use. Too often, individuals living with dementia are prescribed off-label antipsychotic medications instead of being provided quality care to meet their needs. These drugs have been found to increase the risk of harm or death for elderly patients with dementia.
Consumer Voice developed a booklet as a part of our work on Avoiding Drugs as Chemical Restraints Consumer Education Campaign, which was in partnership with AARP Foundation. The booklet provides information and tips on having clear communication with long-term care providers, ensuring that resident needs are met, how to provide nonpharmacological interventions, what to do if an antipsychotic drug has been prescribed, and residents' rights regarding antipsychotic drugs.
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