November-December 2024 What’s New? Overflowing Gratitude! Lake Cumberland area residents wrote letters and poems to friends (featured below). During October Residents’ Rights Month residents repeatedly shared gratitude for their caregivers, families, friends, and ombudsmen. Too often residents of long-term care communities do not have regular visitors and when problems arise, they do not feel […]
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October 2024 Community Education and Engagement Kentucky LTC Residents’ Rights Forums To celebrate Residents’ Rights Month this October, fifteen District Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs across the state hosted forums to highlight nursing home residents. The forums were an opportunity for residents to share their voice and experiences in nursing homes. Forums included information […]
September 2024 What’s New? Updated Viral Respiratory Pathogens Toolkit for Nursing Homes This toolkit Viral Respiratory Pathogens Toolkit for Nursing Homes | LTCFs | CDC helps nursing home infection preventionists and leadership prepare for and respond to nursing home residents or healthcare personnel (HCP) who develop signs or symptoms of a respiratory viral infection. The Centers for […]
August 2024 What’s New? Voting and Long-Term Care Residents Long-Term Care facilities should have a plan to ensure residents can exercise the right to vote, whether in person, by mail, absentee, or other authorized process. A resident’s rights, including the right to vote, must not be impeded in any way by the nursing home and […]
July 2024 What’s New? Nurse Staffing Estimates in US Nursing Homes May 2024 A new brief from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) uses Nursing Home Care Compare Data from May 2024 to examine current staffing levels in US nursing homes, relative to […]
Check out what’s new in the Kentucky State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program! June 2024 What’s New? Staffing Standard for Nursing Facilities The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services finalized their minimum staffing rules for the country’s nursing homes. The rule includes: 24 hour RN coverage 2 hours and 27 minutes of CNA coverage per resident, […]
February 2024 What’s New? Kentucky LTC Ombudsman Program Funding The Kentucky State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program continues to advocate for additional funding to meet program requirements. The Kentucky House of Representatives included the program’s full funding request in House Bill 6, which passed on February 1st. Next, the Kentucky Senate’s Appropriations and Revenue Committee […]
January 2024 Kentucky LTC Ombudsman Program Funding The Kentucky House of Representatives has filed its bi-annual budget in House Bill 6. The bill mirror’s the Governor’s budget inclusion of $1.05 million to support the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman programs. These funds will finance the unfunded mandate to provide services to assisted living facilities as […]
December 2023 Holiday Hints for Residents, Families, Friends & Caregivers of Long-Term Care Residents The holiday season is a time for reconnecting with family, friends, and neighbors. Residents of long-term care facilities often need and enjoy your attention during the holidays. We hope these holiday hints will help loved ones and long-term care residents […]
November 2023 What’s New? For many of us, as the year draws to a close, we gather with family and loved ones to celebrate the holiday season. But for some long-term care residents, the holidays are anything but merry and bright. This season can be a very isolating and lonely time for residents who […]