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>
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
Lessons from COVID-19: Prioritize infection prevention and control for PALTC
AE members Theresa Schmidt, Christopher Laxton, and Patrick Luib wrote this guest column published in McKnight's Long-Term Care News.
AE Elected New Board
Advancing Excellence announces the election of its new board of directors. The new board is a reflection of the myriad stakeholder groups that come together to form the collaborative.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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
AE Board Member Earns National Distinction
Advancing Excellence board member Cynthia Morton, was a 2020 McKnight’s Women of Distinction honoree!
Advancing Excellence in Long-Term Care Collaborative Broadens Focus
The Advancing Excellence in Long-Term Care Collaborative (AELTCC)—the group that founded Advancing Excellence Campaign (now known as the National Nursing Home Quality Improvement…
Virtual Summit on Mitigating Racial Inequities in Post-Acute & Long-Term Care
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted and exacerbated widespread disparities in healthcare outcomes.
Value-based Payment Models and Quality in Long-term/Post-Acute Care
The Advancing Excellence in Long-Term Care Collaborative (AELTCC) has selected value-based payment and quality as the topic
