Residents’ Rights Month 2023: Amplify Residents’ Voices

Residents’ Rights Month is an event celebrated annually in October to honor all residents living in long-term care communities. The theme of the year 2023 – Amplify Our Voices – emphasizes a community of long-term care residents coming together to make their voices heard. Nursing home residents have rights guaranteed by the 1987 Federal Nursing Home Reform…

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Residents’ Rights Month 2023: Amplify Residents’ Voices

Proposed Federal Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care

On September 1, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM), which aims to establish minimum staffing standards to address the safety and quality concerns for the 1.4 million residents receiving care in Medicaid and Medicare certified long-term care (LTC) facilities. As written in the summary…

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Proposed Federal Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care

Missouri House Attempts to Override Governor’s Veto

In May 2023, the Missouri legislature approved the FY24 budget, which included a line item of $2.2 million in enhanced funding for the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program. This funding was intended to hire around 25 new ombudsmen across the state, doubling the program’s capacity and bringing the program in line with national standards. Twelve…

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Missouri House Attempts to Override Governor’s Veto

Project Holiday Cheer Returns for its Third Year!

It’s Back! VOYCE, Senior Services Plus, and Scott Credit Union are joining forces again to collect holiday cards for nursing home residents in St. Louis, Northeast Missouri, and Illinois. With your help, every long-term care resident will receive a holiday card. Better yet, each resident will know that the community wishes them well throughout the…

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Project Holiday Cheer Returns for its Third Year!

Happy National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month

A Little Background In May of 2008, the US House of Representatives announced July as Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. Campbell was an author who pivoted her efforts to advocating for the mental health of minorities and eliminating the stigma associated with mental health in communities of color. In 2005, Campbell,…

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Happy National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month

Governor Parson Vetos Nursing Home Oversight Expansion Funding

When Governor Parson signed the Missouri State Budget on June 30, 2023, he line-item vetoed an increase that would have transformed the lives of nursing home residents throughout the state.

The Legislature budgeted a $2.2 million increase for the Long-Term Care Ombudsman

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Governor Parson Vetos Nursing Home Oversight Expansion Funding