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Call to action: use your voice to implement change!
Two advocacy actions residents, families, and their supporters can take to make their voices heard and improve the quality of life for older adults and persons with disabilities who reside in adult care facilities or nursing homes.
NEW YORK STATE DEPT OF HEALTH MUST DO MORE TO ENSURE RESIDENT HEALTH & SAFETY
The Office of the Comptroller released an audit that found the NYS Department of Health (DOH) efforts and transparency were controlled by the prior Executive’s narrative, and often misled the public, including when it came to the number of nursing home resident deaths. The audit also found that DOH was unprepared to respond to infectious
Advocating for Legislative Change to Improve Long-Term Care in New York State
The growing crisis of substandard care in nursing homes and adult care facilities is not new and has existed prior to the pandemic. New York has ignored the challenges older adults and people with disabilities have faced living in nursing homes and adult care facilities, such as abuse and neglect from insufficient staffing and lax infection control practices.
