This new explainer and implementation timeline outlines how and when the law’s Medicaid, Medicare, and ACA changes impact health and long-term care access for older adults. This explainer complements our more detailed section-by-section summary of H.R. 1.
This resource provides a high-level outline of the impact of H.R. 1 on health care, long-term care, economic security, and civil rights of low-income older adults.
The federal government's aggressive deportation stance raises the possibility of immigration raids in nursing homes and facilities serving older adults.
Your determined advocacy can be the difference between going-through-the-motions nursing home care, and the high quality, person-centered care that residents are promised by federal law.
This fact sheet explains two areas from the recently revised CMS nursing facility surveyor guidelines. These particular revisions confirm that 1) a facility must obtain a resident’s informed consent before administering medication (including antipsychotics), and 2) certain common admission agreement provisions violate the federal prohibition against financial guarantees.
