Resources

Now Available: COVID-19 Vaccination and Therapeutics in PALTC Toolkit: Resources for Clinicians

About the Complimentary Toolkit: During a meeting with members of the White House COVID-19 Response Team on October 17, 2022, leaders from healthcare associations across the country were asked to educate their members and stakeholders about the importance, effectiveness and accessibility of the COVID-19 bivalent booster and the therapeutics available to treat those diagnosed with…

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Article Highlight: How to Better Support and Build Our Direct Care Workforce: An Interview with Kezia Scales

Recently, Kezia Scales, Ph.D., senior director of policy research at PHI and AELTCC Member, shared her insights on how to support and build our direct care workforce in an interview with the Commonwealth Fund. Access the interview here>

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Assessing Dark Skin Tone Resources

In response to the Coronavirus pandemic, several of our member organizations have created resource pages as a service to their members and the greater long-term care and aging services

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Vaccination of Nursing Home Surveyors

In response to the Coronavirus pandemic, several of our member organizations have created resource pages as a service to their members and the greater long-term care and aging services

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AE letter to Federal Trade Commission in response to current, rampant price-gauging

Members of Advancing Excellence collaborated on a letter to Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Lina Khan, in response to the current and rampant price-gauging by direct care staffing agencies “We are requesting that the FTC use its authority to protect consumers from anticompetitive and unfair practices to investigate this activity and take appropriate action to protect…

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AE letter to Xavier Becerra and Chiquita Brooks-LaSure

Members of Advancing Excellence collaborated on a letter to Xavier Becerra, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, and Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Administrator, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, in response to mandating COVID-10 vaccination in skilled nursing facilities. Top-level recommendations: First and foremost, the President’s order should at a minimum include a vaccine mandate for…

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Open Letter to the Biden Administration

In response to the Coronavirus pandemic, several of our member organizations have created resource pages as a service to their members and the greater long-term care and aging services

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COVID-19 Resource Pages

In response to the Coronavirus pandemic, several of our member organizations have created resource pages as a service to their members and the greater long-term care and aging services

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Racial Inequities Summit Highlighted Challenges and Opportunities for PA-LTC

The AE Summit on Racial Inequities in PA-LTC has concluded with record participation – and a list of important work to be done.

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PDPM Resources

The Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) is the new reimbursement system that Medicare will use to determine payments for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs)beginning October 1, 2019.

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The Current State of the Eldercare Workforce

Recognizing that recruiting, training, and retaining quality staff in long-term and post-acute care is a perennial challenge for providers, the Advancing Excellence in Long-Term Care…

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AE Forum Highlights Mobility as Key to Managing Fall Risks

Staff education, interdisciplinary teams, assessment tools, and interventions are among the many strategies commonly deployed by senior living providers to prevent and reduce falls among…

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