By: Sequim resident Claudia Murray has 30 years of volunteering as an area long term care ombudsman at nursing homes and other long-term care facilities across Clallam and Jefferson counties. November 30, 2022. “As we approach the holiday season — nearly three years into this global pandemic — I am reflecting on my role as Read More
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From the Washington Post’s Christopher Rowland, “Critics say the details of Sira’s suffering add to decades of accumulated evidence that residents suffer more complications, such as bed sores and falls, in nursing homes with inadequate numbers of front-line nurses and nursing assistants. Now, after years of debate and industry resistance, the Biden administration has set Read More
We so appreciate our allies at AARP Washington! They just published an amazing article explaining our volunteer program and our urgent need for new volunteers. “The pandemic has taken an extremely heavy toll on residents of nursing homes and other long term care facilities. This period of prolonged isolation has caused declines in physical, cognitive, Read More
Twenty-seven years ago, the state legislature extended the federal rights of nursing home residents to the residents of all long-term care settings in Washington—including the right to appeal an involuntary transfer or discharge through an administrative hearing. However, the Department of Social and Health Services (the Department) has never amended its rules to provide this Read More
You and your family members might have considered installing a surveillance camera in your room to help determine that you are receiving appropriate care and being treated with dignity and respect, or to be a deterrent to abuse. Surveillance cameras can record video only, audio only, or both video and audio. While surveillance cameras and Read More
Long-Term Care Residents Honored During Residents’ Rights Month, October 2022 Across the country, residents of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities along with family members, ombudsmen, citizen advocates, facility staff and others will honor the individual rights of long-term care residents by celebrating Residents’ Rights Month in October. Designated by the National Consumer Voice Read More
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From the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, Aging and Long-Term Support Administration: If you or a loved one need more care than you can get at home, it may be time to explore residential care. Residential care is a term used to describe a home or facility where an adult can live Read More
New tool from NCLER: the National Center on Law and Elder Rights Student loan debt is one of the biggest contributors to the rise in the amount of debt held by older adults. The Biden-Harris administration and the U.S. Department of Education recently announced a number of initiatives to ease the debt load of federal Read More