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CANHR News & Notes - August/September 2020

• Death Toll Passes 5,000 in California Long Term Care Facilities

• California Department of Public Health Issues New Visitation Guidance

• Good News! Legislature Passes SB 1207 (Jackson) and Sends to Governor for Signature

• Older and Overlooked: KQED Airs Series on Wildfire Risks to Residents of Long Term Care Facilities

• California Nursing Home Inspectors Fight Pandemic-Related Oversight Failures by CDPH

• Facility Evictions Update

• Aged and Disabled Income Disregard Increase Delayed until December

• At Home Benefit – Deferred?

• New Research: Nursing Homes Inflate CMS "Quality Measures" 

• CANHR COVID-19 News & Resources

• Townhall Recaps

• CANHR’s 2020 Free Fall Webinar Series for Qualified Legal Services Programs and Long Term Care Ombudsman Programs

• Free Zoom Workshops for Social Workers

• Violation of the Month

• Save the Dates for CANHR's 2020 Elder Law Conference! 

CANHR News & Notes - June 2020

• Please Lend Your Voice to Restore Visitation in Long Term Care Facilities

• New Policy from Department of Public Health Restores Some Visitation Rights in Nursing Homes

• New Guidance from Department of Social Services Restores Some Visitation Rights in Assisted Living Facilities

• Proposed Budget Cuts to Senior Programs Rejected

• Governor Signs Law Extending AB 1629 Reimbursement System for Skilled Nursing Facilities

• Nursing Home and Assisted Living Facilities Are Not Entitled to Residents' Stimulus Checks 

• SB 1207 (Jackson) on Backup Power in Skilled Nursing Facilities Passes Senate by 36-0 Vote, Moves on to the Assembly

• In Memoriam: Donna Myers Ambrogi

CANHR News & Notes - April 2020

• Advocates Oppose Nursing Home Industry’s Attempt to Seek Immunity From Elder Abuse 

• Urge Governor Newsom to Implement CANHR’s Emergency Action Plan 

• California Identifies 261 Nursing Homes with Residents and Staff Who Have COVID-19 

• Eviction Relief for Residents of California Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities

• Consumer Medi-Cal Updates for COVID-19

• Visit CANHR's COVID-19 News and Resources Website 

• Visit CANHR's COVID-19 Facility Outbreaks Map

CANHR News & Notes - March 2020

• Visit CANHR's COVID-19 News & Resources Website

• Urgent Action Needed to Protect California Nursing Home Residents from COVID-19 - Contact Governor Newsom

• Home and Community Based Spousal Impoverishment Provisions Extended to November

• U.S. Department of Justice Announces Nursing Home Initiative

• Solorzano Nursing Home Dumps Four Residents Into a No Care Home

CANHR News & Notes - February 2020

• Antipsychotic Use in California Nursing Homes on the Rise

• State Auditor Designates the Department of Public Health as a High-Risk Agency Due to Poor Oversight of Nursing Homes

• NY Times Examines Assisted Living Understaffing

• Long Term Care Braces for COVID-19

• Executive Director Pat McGinnis Testifies at California Senate Hearing

CANHR News & Notes - January 2020

• LA Nursing Home Makes Habit of Dumping Residents

• LTCCC Re-Caps Important 2019 Federal Nursing Home Developments

• Master Plan on Aging Long Term Services and Supports Subcommittee Meeting held on January 13

• Federal Court Says California Must Answer to Abandoned Nursing Home Residents

• 2020 Benefits Adjustments Guide

CANHR News & Notes - November 2019

• 2020 Medicare Parts A & B Premiums and Deductibles 

• Replacement Medication, Medical Supplies and Medical Equipment for Medi-Cal Recipients Impacted by Wildfires and Power Shutoffs

• Health Journal Article Says Nursing Homes Violate Human Rights

• OIG Reports California Nursing Homes are Poorly Prepared for Emergencies

• Ways & Means Committee Holds Hearing on Care Needs of Aging Americans

• New Issue Brief on Adding Dental Benefit to Medicare to Address Racial Disparities

• 2020 Medi-Cal Spousal Impoverishment MMMNA & CSRA Rates

• Major Reform Legislation Introduced to Improve Nursing Home Care

• Nursing Home Residents Can Go Home for the Holidays

CANHR News & Notes - October 2019

• Trusted Professionals Target the Assets of America’s Elderly

• Reforming AB 1629: No More Blank Checks for California Nursing Home Chains

• California Nursing Homes Near Worst in Nation in Nursing Home Complaints

• Bugs, Mold and Unwashed Hands: Rampant Safety Violations in Nursing Home Kitchens Endanger Residents

• CMS Adds Icon to Nursing Home Compare to Warn Public of Abuse

• Power Blackouts Endanger Elders

• Governor Signs Diluted Bill on Nursing Home Ownership

• Nursing Homes Not Only Industry Protected by the Department of Public Health

• California To Provide Financial Boost To Help Buy Health Coverage

CANHR News & Notes - September 2019

• State Investigation Finds Several Laguna Honda Residents Nearly Drugged to Death

• House Passes FAIR Act to Ban Forced Arbitration

• CANHR and Attorney General Becerra Call on Trump Administration to Withdraw Proposal to Roll Back Nursing Home Standards

• DHCS Confirms Nursing Facility Residents with Intermediate Care Needs Are Eligible for Medi-Cal Coverage

• New Medicare Payment System for Skilled Nursing Facilities Takes Effect

• DA and AG Sue Santa Cruz Nursing Home for Dumping Residents

• Drug Company to Pay $116 Million for Kickback Conspiracy to Push Nuedexta on Nursing Home Residents with Dementia

CANHR News & Notes - August 2019

• Medi-Cal Discrimination in Nursing Homes - Getting In is Half the Battle

• Many View Assisted Living as Just Housing, not Health Care. That’s Dangerous.

• Poor Quality of Hospice Care in the News

• OIG Finds California Background Checks Insufficient for Long-Term Care Caregivers

• Violation of the Month - DPH Waits Over Four Years to Issue Tiny Fine After Two Residents of Windsor Terrace Healthcare Center Are Sexually Assaulted

08/05/2019

CANHR News & Notes - July 2019

• Court Declares Nursing Home Residents Have Right to Sue States (Like California) With “Meaningless” Eviction Appeals

• CANHR v. Smith - At Long Last, Constitutional Rights for “Unrepresented” Patients

• CMS Issues Proposed Regulations to Rollback Nursing Home Requirements

• Senate Finance Committee Holds Hearing on Elder Abuse in Nursing Homes

• Horrific Abuse Scandal Exposed at Laguna Honda in San Francisco

• New Study Finds 75 Percent of Nursing Homes Almost Never Have Enough RN staff to Meet Resident Needs

• State Raises Income Limit for Medi-Cal Aged & Disabled Program

CANHR News & Notes - June 2019

• Momentum for Community-Based Alternatives to Nursing Homes

• SB 314 Signed Into Law!

• Report Outs Secret List of Nation's Worst Performing Nursing Homes

• Dozens of Worst-Run Nursing Homes Have Federally Subsidized Mortgages

• Labor Exploiters Operating RCFEs in California

• OIG Investigation Finds that Nursing Home Abuse is Rarely Reported

• Nursing Home Violation of the Month

CANHR News & Notes - March 2019

• Another Rechnitz Nursing Home Repeatedly Cited for Endangering Residents

• California Senior Legislative Package 2019

• Consumer Guides Now Available in Korean, Russian, Chinese and Armenian

• Veterans Benefits Protection Project

CANHR News & Notes - February 2019

• DPH Approves Staffing Waivers for Hundreds of Nursing Homes

• March 6th Hearing on Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect in U.S. Senate

• When Hospice Care Goes Wrong

• Lakeview Terrace Settles Wrongful Discharge Case for $600,000

• Assisted Living Violation of the Month

• CANHR on the Move

CANHR News & Notes - January 2019

• House Committee Calls Out Fading Antipsychotic Campaign

• Solving 25 Common Nursing Home Problems

• Nursing Home Violation of the Month

• CANHR on the Move

CANHR News & Notes - December 2018

• New California Laws Take Effect

• Nursing Home Staffing Waivers in the News

• California Settles Legal Actions Against Oakmont Senior Living

• KQED Reports Nursing Home Residents Are Dying from Extreme Heat

• Education Campaign Targets Medicare Providers that Wrongly Deny Coverage on the Basis that Beneficiaries Must Show Improvement

• Assisted Living's Breakneck Growth Leaves Dementia Patients Behind

• Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Brookdale for Dumping Nursing Home Residents

• Medicare Cuts Payments to Nursing Homes with High Rates of Rehospitalization

CANHR News & Notes - November 2018

• CANHR Calls for Radical Changes to Address Problems With California’s Long Term Care System

• CONSUMER ALERT: Treatment of Disaster Assistance and Insurance Payments for Medi-Cal Eligibility

• New Study: Money Motivates Nursing Home Discharge Decisions

• The CMS Campaign is Failing: Nursing Home Chemical Restraint Use Trending Upward Again

• Senate Report Finds that Nursing Home Residents Died Due to Poor Disaster Oversight

• What To Know Before You Go

CANHR News & Notes - October 2018

• Coming Soon – Hope for Alternatives to Nursing Homes

• New Attorney Ethics Rules Effective November 1, 2018

• Report Finds Widespread Human Rights Violations In Nursing Homes

• Nursing Home Regulations Under Development at DPH

• Insurance Agent Gets License Revoked for Wrongfully Charging a Senior to Qualify for the VA Aid and Attendance Benefit

• The Nursing Home Industry is Shrinking What To Know Before You Go

• 55 Steps

CANHR News & Notes - September 2018

• New VA Pension Rules Effective October 18, 2018

• Legislative Roundup: What Passed, What Didn't

• State Seeks to Revoke Licenses of Oakmont Assisted Living Facilities that Abandoned Residents During a Deadly Fire Storm in Santa Rosa

• Key House Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Unsafe Conditions in Nursing Homes  

• In the Nursing Home, Empty Beds and Quiet Halls

• Managed Care Organizations Contracting with Lower Quality Nursing Homes in California

CANHR News & Notes - August 2018

• Assisted Living Waiver Bill Passes the Legislature

• California’s Top Nursing Home Regulator Owns Interest in Nursing Home Chain

• Federal Watchdog to Probe Enforcement of Nursing Home Staffing Standards 

• Curious About Nursing Home Staffing Levels in Your Community?

• Study Finds Breast Cancer Surgery May Do More Harm Than Good for Frail Nursing Home Residents

• Nursing Home Violation of the Month

• CANHR on the Move

CANHR News & Notes - July 2018

• Leg Alert! AB 2850 Weakens Nurse Aid Training Requirements!

• It’s Almost Like a Ghost Town, Most Nursing Homes Overstated Staffing for Years

• Department of Public Health Adding Another Loophole Allowing Nursing Homes to Evade Minimum Staffing Requirements

• Raging Wildfires Cause Mass Evacuations of Assisted Living Residents

• Vulnerabilities in the Medicare Hospice Program Affect Quality Care and Program Integrity: An OIG Portfolio

CANHR News & Notes - June 2018

• End of Life Option Law Reinstated

• Stricter Nursing Home Complaint Investigation Timelines Take Effect

• Nursing Homes Evading Increased Minimum Staffing Requirements

• Congress Demands Release of Secret VA Data on Nursing Homes

• The State of the Nation's Housing

• Nursing Home Violation of the Month

• Nursing Home Residents Threatened by Rollback of Federal Protections

CANHR News & Notes - May 2018

• Mercury News Exposes Plight of Santa Rosa Assisted Living Facility Residents During Wildfire

• The Assisted Living Waiver Renewal

• Judge Orders Los Angeles County to Halt Unlawful Practice of Terminating Patients from Medi-Cal

• CANHR's Factsheet of the Month

• Nursing Home Violation of the Month

CANHR News & Notes - April 2018

• Did You Know? Nursing Home Residents Can Go Home for the Holidays

• FTC Alerts Consumers: If Scammers Had You Pay Them Via Western Union, You Can File a Claim to Get Your Money Back

• CMS Delays Enforcement of New Federal Nursing Home Requirements

• Scandal-Ridden Brius to Pay up to $6.9 Million for Illegal Kickback Scheme

• NPR Story on Horrific Nursing Home Eviction

• Unintended Consequences -- How Government Policies Led to the "Little Red Pill"

• An 87-Year-Old Nun Says She was Raped in Her Nursing Home. Here's Why She Couldn't Sue

CANHR News & Notes - March 2018

• Did You Know? Nursing Home Residents Can Go Home for the Holidays

• FTC Alerts Consumers: If Scammers Had You Pay Them Via Western Union, You Can File a Claim to Get Your Money Back

• CMS Delays Enforcement of New Federal Nursing Home Requirements

• Scandal-Ridden Brius to Pay up to $6.9 Million for Illegal Kickback Scheme

• NPR Story on Horrific Nursing Home Eviction

• Unintended Consequences -- How Government Policies Led to the "Little Red Pill"

• An 87-Year-Old Nun Says She was Raped in Her Nursing Home. Here's Why She Couldn't Sue

CANHR News & Notes - February 2018

• Did You Know? Nursing Home Residents Can Go Home for the Holidays

• FTC Alerts Consumers: If Scammers Had You Pay Them Via Western Union, You Can File a Claim to Get Your Money Back

• CMS Delays Enforcement of New Federal Nursing Home Requirements

• Scandal-Ridden Brius to Pay up to $6.9 Million for Illegal Kickback Scheme

• NPR Story on Horrific Nursing Home Eviction

• Unintended Consequences -- How Government Policies Led to the "Little Red Pill"

• An 87-Year-Old Nun Says She was Raped in Her Nursing Home. Here's Why She Couldn't Sue

CANHR News & Notes - January 2018

• Did You Know? Nursing Home Residents Can Go Home for the Holidays

• FTC Alerts Consumers: If Scammers Had You Pay Them Via Western Union, You Can File a Claim to Get Your Money Back

• CMS Delays Enforcement of New Federal Nursing Home Requirements

• Scandal-Ridden Brius to Pay up to $6.9 Million for Illegal Kickback Scheme

• NPR Story on Horrific Nursing Home Eviction

• Unintended Consequences -- How Government Policies Led to the "Little Red Pill"

• An 87-Year-Old Nun Says She was Raped in Her Nursing Home. Here's Why She Couldn't Sue

CANHR News & Notes - December 2017

• New CANHR Issue Brief: Don’t Believe the Hype

• Trump Administration Scaling Back Nursing Home Fines and Requirements

• Care Suffers as More Nursing Homes Feed Money Into Corporate Webs

• Infection Lapses Are Rampant in Nursing Homes but Punishment is Rare

• CMS Agrees: Something Stinks About Nursing Home Discharges

• Denti-Cal Restores Adult Dental Services in 2018 

• Northern California Fires Helping Handbook 

• 2018 Cost of Living Adjustments 

CANHR News & Notes - November 2017

• Did You Know? Nursing Home Residents Can Go Home for the Holidays

• FTC Alerts Consumers: If Scammers Had You Pay Them Via Western Union, You Can File a Claim to Get Your Money Back

• CMS Delays Enforcement of New Federal Nursing Home Requirements

• Scandal-Ridden Brius to Pay up to $6.9 Million for Illegal Kickback Scheme

• NPR Story on Horrific Nursing Home Eviction

• Unintended Consequences -- How Government Policies Led to the "Little Red Pill"

• An 87-Year-Old Nun Says She was Raped in Her Nursing Home. Here's Why She Couldn't Sue

CANHR News & Notes - October 2017

• How Many Caregivers Does Your Nursing Home Really Have?

• Fresno Nursing Home Sued for Dumping Resident on Sidewalk of Uninhabitable House

• Consumer Alert: Treatment of Disaster Assistance for Medi-Cal Eligibility

• Where do Patients Go When a Troubled Nursing Home Closes? Often, Nowhere Better

• Will New Nursing Home Inspection System Bring Same Old Results?

• Lawsuit Takes on Nursing Facility Chain for Illegally Dumping Vulnerable Nursing Facility Residents into Hospitals

• Medi-Cal Programs to Help You Stay at Home: Using California's Spousal Impoverishment Protections

• CANHR Honors Super Advocate Lillian Hyatt, MSW.

CANHR News & Notes - September 2017

• Are California Nursing Homes Prepared for Emergencies?

• Families and Residents Defeat Sutter's Attempt to Close St. Luke's Sub-acute Unit

• Shlomo Rechnitz Drops Appeal of Denied License for Chico Nursing Home

• Revised Nursing Home Staffing Requirements Under Development

• Report by Office of Inspector General Finds Steep Increase in Nursing Home Complaints

• Possible Closures of Two Genesis Owned Nursing Homes Put Residents at Risk

• Mort Cohen - The Movie: A Trailblazer for Rights of Elders and Disabled

• Nursing Home Citations - Hall of Shame

Upcoming Events

• CANHR will be hosting an information booth at the following events

CANHR News & Notes - August 2017

• Families and Residents Fight St. Luke's Sub-Acute Closure in San Francisco

• Governor Signs Bill Strengthening Nursing Home Closure Protections

• Inspector General Warns Nursing Home Residents Are at Risk of Abuse

• CMS Launches Jimmo Settlement Agreement Webpage

• Guardianship and the Representative Payee Program

• Brius Healthcare's Insider Transactions

• Veteran's Protection Coalition Receives National Award for Elder Abuse Prevention

Upcoming Events

• CANHR will be hosting an information booth at the following events

CANHR News & Notes - July 2017

• Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Brookdale Assisted Living

• Medi-Cal Recipients Sue California for Failing to Ensure Seniors and People with Disabilities Can Stay in Their Homes

• California Expands Spousal Impoverishment Provisions for Seniors and People with Disabilities in Home and Community-Based Programs

• Medi-Cal Transportation Company LogistiCare Sued for Leaving Vulnerable Patients Stranded Without Care

• Elderly Patients Treated for Falls may be more Likely to Suffer Later Adverse Events, Study Finds

• In-Home Supportive Services Consumer Guide

• Action Alert: Sign On! Oppose Pre-Dispute Arbitration Agreements in Nursing Homes!

Upcoming Events

• August SWAP Training in Oakland, CA

• Legislature Orders Audit of Brius Healthcare Transactions

• Budget Bill to Increase Nursing Home Staffing Requirements

• Additional Nursing Home Complaint Investigation Deadlines Take Effect on July 1, 2017

• TEXCOM Calls TOD Statute “Fundamentally Flawed”

• Arbitration About-Face: Feds Side with Corporate Interests Over Vulnerable Nursing Home Residents

Upcoming Events

• August SWAP Training in Oakland, CA

• New Income Limits for Aged & Disabled Program

• Report Finds Terrible Working Conditions Are Common in RCFEs and Contribute to Poor Care

• Assisted Living Waiver Institutes Waitlist

• Reverses Mortgage Whistle Blower Case Settles for $89 Million

• Congress Establishes New Elder Justice Caucus

• Medi-Cal Recovery State Plan Amendment Approved – Regulations Coming

• CANHR Joins Advocate Statement for Better Nursing Home Oversight

• Brune: No estimates on how bad Social Security fraud is

• Senator Mark Leno Honored at 30th Anniversary of SFSU Gerontology Program

• May 2017 Los Angeles Social Worker Training

• Hidden Medicaid Restrictions in Failed “Repeal & Replace” …

• But It’s Not Over A follow up to CNN's explosive article on Nursing Home Rape: What's Being Done?

• New RCFE Admission Agreement Regulations

• New Federal and California Notice Protections Take Effect for Patients in Observation Status

• Medi-Cal Recovery - CANHR Needs Your Help - Share Your Story

• SF State Gerontology Program's 30th Anniversary Honoring State Senator Mark Leno

• May 2017 Los Angeles Social Worker Training

• California Legislators Introduce Many Bills on Long Term Care

• Federal Protections for Nursing Home Residents Under Attack

• Immense Wealth of Nursing Home Operators on Display

• CNN Story Reveals Horrific Sexual Abuse in Nursing Homes

• Court Orders Corrective Action Plan in Jimmo Case

• Antipsychotics Found to Harm Hospice Patients with Delirium

• Advocacy Resources on the New Federal Nursing Home Regulations

• New Guidance on Handling Influenza Outbreaks in California Long-Term Care Facilities

• SF State Gerontology Program's 30th Anniversary Honoring State Senator Mark Leno

• May 2017 Los Angeles Social Worker Training

• Update on Medi-Cal Recovery Reforms

• CANHR Announces Home Equity Protection Program (HEPP) Website

• Western Union Admits Laundering Money, Forfeits $586 Million in Settlement

• Share your Story - CANHR’s 2017 Justice & Advocacy Media Campaign

• New Federal Nursing Home Regulations Take Effect

• Nursing Home Closure Plans Reversed in Eureka

• NPR Reports on Death of San Francisco Nursing Home Resident

• National Analysis Finds Nursing Home Compare Staffing Data Often Wildly Inaccurate

• Update on Medi-Cal Recovery Reforms

• CCRC Residents Forum

• New Federal Nursing Home Regulations Take Effect

• Nursing Home Closure Plans Reversed in Eureka

• National Analysis Finds Nursing Home Compare Staffing Data Often Wildly Inaccurate 

• NPR Reports on Death of San Francisco Nursing Home Resident

• U.S. Dementia Rates are Dropping

• San Francisco Veteran’s Benefits Protection Project Launched CANHR’s

• 20th Annual Elder Law Conference: Justice and Advocacy in 2016

• Life Care Centers of America Settles False Claims Charges by the Department of Justice

• Nursing Homes Go to Court to Stop Residents from Going to Court

• Community Care Licensing to Release Provider Information Notices

• Protests Escalate Over Eureka Nursing Home Closures

• U.S. Supreme Court Will Review Kindred Arbitration Case

ON SALE

• New Medi-Cal Recovery Laws Effective January 1, 2017 Booklet-$1

• Understanding the New Medi-Cal Recovery Laws Webinar: Recording On Sale Now $25 - 1 hr MCLE; Materials Included

• Department of Public Health Approves Mass Evictions of Eureka Nursing Home Residents

• Mixed Grades for New Federal Nursing Home Regulations

• Feds Ban Pre-Dispute Arbitration Agreements in Nursing Homes!

• California Nursing Home Chain Paying $30 Million to Settle False Claims Allegations by the U.S. Department of Justice  

• CANHR Needs a New Home

• Pre-Order By October 14th - New Medi-Cal Recovery Laws Effective January 1, 2017 Booklet-$1

• Understanding the New Medi-Cal Recovery Laws Webinar: Recording On Sale Now $25 - 1 hr MCLE; Materials Included

• Judge Orders Los Angeles Assisted Living Facility to Stop Abuse and Evictions

• Court of Appeal Vindicates Nursing Home Readmission Rights 

• Judge Issues Decisions in Cases Challenging Medicare’s Appeal Process

• Judge Orders Medicare Agency to Provide More Education per Settlement in Jimmo, the “Improvement Standard” Case

• CMS Adds New Quality Measures to Its Nursing Home Compare Website

• CMS Directs States to Prevent Humiliation of Residents Via Social Media

• CCL Issues First Enhanced Fines for Death of Assisted Living Residents

Upcoming Events  

• Understanding the New Medi-Cal Recovery Laws Webinar

• DPH Introduces Horrible Bill Threatening Nursing Home Residents  

• New York Times Calls for Ban on Nursing Home Arbitration Agreements

• Department of Public Health Denies Ownership Applications by California’s Largest Nursing Home Operator

• Webinar Series for Social Workers, Discharge Planners, and Other Professionals Working With Elders in the Community

• Governor Brown signed SB 833 - Major Changes to the Medi-Cal Recovery Program

• Forced Exodus: How Avalon Care Center Abandoned Its Promises and Cleared Out Its Residents

• Medicare Releases Draft Proposal For Patient Observation Notice

• Complaints About Discharges and Evictions from Nursing Facilities are Up 57%

• Filipino Care Home Owners to Pay Workers $718K in Back Wages

• Bill to Increase Nursing Home Staffing Requirements Moves Forward

• CaringKind Releases Guidelines on Dementia Care

• Nursing Home Chain Ownership Changes are Linked to Poor Quality of Care

• Illegal Nursing Home Evictions Not Just a California Problem   

• New Nursing Home Complaint Investigation Deadlines Take Effect on July 1, 2016

• Legislation Update

• SB 33 (Hernandez) - Medi-Cal Recovery Reform! Act Now

• Sacramento Bee Reports Shifting Population in California Nursing Homes Creates ‘Dangerous Mix’

• Updated 2016 Aged & Disabled Medi-Cal Threshold and APPR 

• Justice in Aging has Produced Two New Fact Sheets for Advocates and Consumers that Outline the Basics of Durable Medical Equipment 

• Support Needed for AB 1655 (Dodd): Medi-Cal Personal Needs Allowance 

• Troubling Legislation by Nursing Home Industry Moves Forward

• The Older Americans Act Finally Clears Congress

• Complaint Reports Against RCFEs Now Available Online

• Medicare Beneficiaries Still Denied Coverage Due to Illegal Use of Improvement Standard

• Trial Begins in Whistleblower Lawsuit Against DPH on Charges State Investigator was Forced to Close Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Investigations

• U.S. Senator Asks Regulators to Take Action to Stop Abuse Against Nursing Home Residents on Social Media

• Department of Justice Launches Regional Nursing Home Task Forces Including Northern California

• Support Needed for New CANHR Sponsored Bills

• CANHR v. Dooley Case on Hospital Dumping in the News

• California Court Prohibits Nursing Home Decisionmaking for Unrepresented Residents Due to Lack of Notice

• Community Care Licensing Introduces New Legislation on Civil Penalties

• Brookdale Facility to Pay $1 Million in Wrongful Death Settlement

• Inspector General of Social Security Issues Fraud Advisory

• New Brief Examines How Non-Financial Factors Affect Retirement Decisions

• State Tells Illegally Evicted Nursing Home Residents To Get Lost

• Nursing Home Industry and Legislature Team Up to Defeat AB 927 (McCarty)

• Center for Medicare Advocacy Issues Alert on Illegal Medicare “Discharges” by Skilled Nursing Facilities

• BankSafe: A Comprehensive Approach to Better Serving and Protecting Consumers

• CANHR Sues State to Stop Illegal Dumping of Nursing Home Residents

• New POLST Law Permits Non-Physicians to Write End-of-Life Orders

• Medicare to Cover Advance Care Planning Effective January 1

• New Form To Request Medi-Cal Expenses Subject to Estate Recovery

• Nursing Home Workers Fired over Posting Abusive Videos of Elderly

• State Investigates Modesto Nursing Home over Patient Transfers

• AB 927 to be Heard in Assembly Health on January 12

• 2016 Cost of Living Adjustments

• War on Poor Elders: House Committee looking at reducing Medicaid Home Equity Caps and Community Spouse Income

• Shlomo Rechnitz Owned Nursing Homes Under Investigation Again

• Governor Brown Signs Residential Care Ownership Suitability Law

• CANHR Submits Extensive Comments to CMS about Nursing Home Rule Overhaul

• Ombudsman/Attorney Partnership Leads to Better-Late-Than-Never DPH Enforcement

• The Medicare Payment System Needs to be Reevaluated

• Why Do People Lapse Their Long Term Care Insurance?

• Can Nursing Homes Get 300,000 Dementia Patients Off Deadly Antipsychotics?

• Nursing Homes Reap Billion Dollar Windfall by Exploiting Medicare Billing System for Therapy

• More Misery for the Poor - AB 139 Transfer on Death Deeds Signed into Law

• Medi-Cal Recovery Regulations Finalized

• Heat Wave Turns Deadly; Nursing Homes Responsible for Resident Safety 

• FINRA Board Approves Rulemaking Item to Protect Seniors and Other Vulnerable Adults from Financial Exploitation 

• America’s Most Admired Lawbreaker

• CDC Advises Nursing Homes to Stop Misusing Antibiotics

• CMS Extends Deadline for Comments on Proposed Nursing Home Requirements of Participation

• Health for Family Caregivers Workshop

• Department of Public Health Takes “See No Evil, Hear No Evil” Approach to Nursing Home Abuse

• Salinas RCFE Colonial Manor Served with Suspension Order

• Nursing Home Industry Tries to Rig Federal Regulations

• Shlomo Rechnitz Owned Nursing Homes Charged with Crimes and Other Offenses

• CANHR Legislation Moves Forward

• CCL Issues Illegal "Guidelines" for Video Surveillance in RCFEs

• MyRA Account

• Time for Transformation - Collaboration between Adult Protective Services (APS), Legal Services, and Civil Litigators

• Medi-Cal & Medi-Cal Recovery Training in Sacramento

• Health for Family Caregivers Workshop

• CMS Proposes Changes to the Nursing Home Requirements of Participation

• AB 348 (Brown) Moves Forward with Strong Support

• The Shut Out: Why Have Humboldt County's Skilled Nursing Facilities Stopped Accepting Patients

• Governor Gives Nursing Home Operators Five-Year Rate Increase with No Staffing Increase

• Assisted Living Inspection Reports Now Available On-Line

• CMS Launches Star Rating System for Home Health Agencies

• L.A. County Approves New Contract with Troubled Nursing Home Inspection Program

• The 2015 United States of Aging Survey – Top Concerns of Older Americans

• Free Consumer Guide on Resolving Nursing Home Problems from Justice in Aging

• CANHR v. Chapman: Court Order Protects Nursing Home Residents

• California's Largest Nursing Home Owner Under Fire From Government Regulators

• Audit Report Slams California's Oversight of Medi-Cal Managed Care Plans

• Bill to Limit Efforts to Recoup Medi-Cal Costs from Patients' Estates Passes Unanimously in CA Senate

• The Elder Justice Roadmap Released by the Justice Department

• The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Released Results of Reverse Mortgage Study

• SAVE THE DATE - September 16th - APS & Legal Services Training

• Medi-Cal & Medi-Cal Recovery Training in Sacramento

• The Epidemic in Nursing Home Evictions

• Legislation Update – Key Bills Move Forward

• Veterans’ Aid and Attendance Scam Leads to Lawsuit

• Senate Bill 843: Observation Status Would Count Toward Hospital inpatient Stay

• A $3.8 Million Bummer

• Feds Strike a Blow for Freedom: $380K Fine for Locking Up Nursing Home Resident  

• Save the Date- CANHR’s Medi-Cal Training for Social Workers, Discharge Planners, Geriatric Case Managers & Other Professionals

• As Nursing Homes Chase Lucrative Patients, Quality of Care is Said to Lag

• Justice in Aging Issues Policy Brief on Failures in California's Assisted Living System

• CANHR Bills Move Forward

• CMS Proposes Rules on Staffing Data Collection for Nursing Homes

• LTCCC Issues National Report on State Survey Agency Performance

• CANHR Publications Now Available for Free Download

• Estate Planning for Long Term Care Spring 2015 Attorney Online Training Series

• CANHR’s Executive Director Testifies at Hearing on California Department of Health’s Oversight of Nursing Homes

• CANHR Executive Director interviewed on PBS Newshour on Medicaid Recovery

• CANHR Attorney Testifies Before State Senate Judiciary Committee

• Justice in Aging Issues Policy Brief on the Fiction of "Assistance with Self-Administration" of Medications in RCFEs

• CANHR Releases "Your Right to Leave": a Guide for Battling Forced Placement in Long-Term Care Facilities

• New Financial Abuse Study

• 2015 Rates from the Department of Public Health

• Legislative Committees to Hear CANHR Sponsored Bills in April

• AB 927 (McCarty) The Nursing Home Ownership Disclosure Act of 2015 Introduced

• AB 601 (Eggman) Introduced to Strengthen Disclosure and Suitability of RCFE Ownership

• Victory for Center for Investigative Reporting: Public Disclosure of Citations issued to Facilities for Developmentally Disabled

• VA Proposes Controversial Regulations on Aid & Attendance Eligibility

• Governor Proposes Major Increase in Nursing Home Rates with No Accountability

• Governor Seeks Hundreds of New Positions for Department of Public Health

• DPH Leadership Transition Underway

• CMS Improves Nursing Home 5-Star Ratings

• Administration on Aging Publishes Final Long Term Care Ombudsman Regulations

• Paramount Meadows fined $75,000 for Resident Death

• MacLay Health Center fined $75,000 for Resident Death

• Governor Seeks Hundreds of New Positions for DPH

• Superior Court Judge Orders Timely Decisions on Medi-Cal

• U.S. District Court Strikes Down Fair Labor Standard Act Rules

• CMS Issues Guidance on CPR in Nursing Homes

• Reporting Complaints or Concerns Regarding RCFEs

• New VA Pension Numbers Released for 2015

• Resignation of Department of Public Health Director Provides Opportunity for New Leadership at Troubled Agency

• Omnicare Facing New Federal Charges Involving Drugging of Nursing Home Residents

• NPR Hits on Antipsychotics in Nursing Homes

• Fresno Area Nursing Home Closure Raises New Concerns About Operator and DPH

• New RCFE Laws for 2015

• CANHR is Hiring

• Dementia Care California Trainings: Sustaining Momentum and Success

• Unmasked: How California’s Largest Nursing Home Chains Perform

• LA County Health Department Allegedly Falsified Nursing Home Probe Records

• Center for Public Integrity Finds Widespread Inflation of Nursing Home Staffing Levels

• The Coordinated Care Initiative (CCI) Implementation is cancelled in Alameda County

• CANHR is Hiring

• Support CANHR When You Purchase Holiday Gifts on Amazon.com

• Happy Thanksgiving from CANHR

• Dementia Care California Trainings: Sustaining Momentum and Success

• State Auditor Finds the Department of Public Health is Placing Nursing Home Residents at Risk

• Nursing Home Residents Can Go Home for the Holidays

• Four Assisted Living Providers Were Cited More Than $3 Million for Labor Violations

• LA County Officials Reduce Penalties in 3 Nursing Home Deaths

• CANHR Publication: "Medi-Cal Recovery: What you Need to Know and How to Avoid It"

• Alzheimer's Disease Circle of Care: 10th Annual Conference for Families

• Health Fair for Seniors and other Medicare Beneficiaries

• RCFE Reform Act of 2014 Bills Signed into Law!

• The Governor Vetoes SB 1124, While Onerous Recovery Regulations Proposed

• The 70% Left Behind

• Senior Health and Resource Fair - Newark

• 22nd Annual Senior Resource and Wellness Fair - San Jose

• For the Department of Social Services, The More Things Change...

• Medi-Cal Recovery Reform on its way to Governor Brown’s Desk: Contact the Governor's Office - Tell Him You Want This Bill Signed!

• Nursing Home Citation Report 2013

• CANHR is Hiring a Long Term Care Advocate

• Medicare’s Flawed Rating System for Nursing Homes

• President Obama Issues Executive Order Prohibiting Pre-Dispute Arbitration Agreements

• Federal Legislation Introduced Requiring a RN in Nursing Homes 24/7

• Center for Medicare Advocacy Sues to Fix Medicare Appeals Process

• Donate to CANHR When You Shop on Amazon.com

• Governor Brown signed AB 1572 (Eggman) Into Law

• Help Get RCFE Reform to the Governor!

• AARP Wins Class Action Against Over-drugging of Seniors

• The University Mound Ladies Home Appears to be Saved

• Tell Us Your Story - Readmission to a Nursing Home After a Hospital Stay

• 'Alive Inside' at the Opera Plaza, SF

• KQED Reports 'Down to the Wire: Lawmakers Have 4 Weeks to Act on Assisted Living Reforms'

• Online Training for Social Workers, Discharge Planners, Geriatric Case Managers, and other Professionals: Changes to Medi-Cal Under the Coordinated Care Initiative

• 'Comfort Care as the New Medicine' Moves to LA

• Inspector General Slams California Nursing Home Inspections Again

• CDPH Approves Skilled Nursing at Redding Veterans Home

• New CANHR Publication: "Medi-Cal Recovery: What you Need to Know and How to Avoid It"

• New Advocacy Guide for State HCBS Transition Plans, and National Consumer Groups Request CMS Action

• CFPB Releases Financial Protection Guide for Assisted Living & Nursing Facilities

• CCL Launched New RCFE Facility Search Website

• 'Comfort Care as the New Medicine' Going to Rock SoCal

• Online Training for Social Workers, Discharge Planners, Geriatric Case Managers, and other Professionals: Changes to Healthcare Under the Affordable Care Act

• RFCE Reform Act Picking Up Steam

• Prescott Cole is a Really Big Deal

• CMS Extends Deadline for Long Term Care Facilities to Install Sprinklers while Davis Nursing Home Fire Displaces 100 Residents

• U.S. Older Adult Population Will Double by 2050

• Assisted Living Death Tax Bites the Dust

• "Comfort as the New Medicine" Comes to San Diego on July 24

• SB 1124 (Medi-Cal Recovery & ACA)

• Los Angeles County Auditor Finds Nursing Home Complaints Not Investigated

• After DOMA - HHS Announces Important Medicare Information for People in Same-Sex Marriages

• CMS Meets Goal of 15% Antipsychotic Reduction in Nursing Homes; But 329,000 Residents Still Drugged

• Assisted Living Death Tax - No Longer Legal

• Training for Social Workers, Discharge Planners, Geriatric Case Managers, and Other Professionals: Changes to Healthcare Under the Affordable Care Act and Medi-Cal Recovery

• Attorney Training: ACA Implementation in California and Long Term Care Issues in 2014

• Changing California’s Medi-Cal Recovery System: SB 1124 (Hernandez) – Your Support is Needed!

• OIG Finds One-in-Three Nursing Home Residents Suffer Adverse Events

• Beware of the Unintended Consequence

• Educational Healthcare Forum on the Coordinated Care Initiative

• Training for Social Workers, Discharge Planners, Geriatric Case Managers, and Other Professionals: Changes to Healthcare Under the Affordable Care Act and Medi-Cal Recovery

• Attorney Training: ACA Implementation in California and Long Term Care Issues in 2014

• RCFE Reform Act of 2014 Ready for Hearings

• Human Services Hearing on RCFEs/Assisted Living

• NSCLC Report Concludes California Lags Other States in Regulating Assisted Living Facilities

• Legislation Introduced to Force Timely Completion of Nursing Home Complaint Investigations

• Medi-Cal Expansion and Medi-Cal Recovery – Buyer Beware!

• “Failure to Improve” - No Longer A Valid Excuse to Discontinue Nursing Home Medicare

• DOJ Issues Guidelines on Mobility Devices

• Upcoming Events

• RCFE Reform Act of 2014 Unveiled at Capitol Press Conference

• San Francisco Chronicle Exposes Deplorable Conditions at Eden Manor and Valley Springs Manor

• DPH Taken to Task for Neglecting Nursing Home Complaints

• California and the Country Losing Two Congressional Advocates

• Be On Guard for the “Accredited” VA Aid and Attendance Benefit Advisor

• ACA Resources Now Available on CANHR Website

• Upcoming Events

• Dementia Care Symposium - Thursday, February 6 - Sign up Now!

• Increasing Accountability in Assisted Living is Subject of Legislative Hearing on February 11th

• New Year Brings New Laws on Elder Abuse and Long Term Care

• 2014 Cost of Living Adjustments

• CMS Updates Medicare Manual regarding the “Improvement Standard”

• Upcoming Events

• CANHR 17th Annual Elder Law Conference

• CANHR Celebrates 30 Years of Advocacy

• $2.2 Billion Johnson & Johnson Settlement Sends New Warning:

• Antipsychotic Drugs Should Not Be Used to Treat Dementia

• State of California Failed to Conduct Timely Investigations of Nursing Home Complaints

• Upcoming Events

• CANHR 17th Annual Elder Law Conference

• CANHR Celebrates 30 Years of Advocacy

• $2.2 Billion Johnson & Johnson Settlement Sends New Warning:

• Antipsychotic Drugs Should Not Be Used to Treat Dementia

• State of California Failed to Conduct Timely Investigations of Nursing Home Complaints

• Upcoming Events

• CANHR Releases White Paper on Assisted Living: Unsafe, Unregulated, & Unaccountable

• CANHR Sues the State to Protect Unrepresented Nursing Home Residents from Abuse

• Governor Signs Bills Protecting Long-Term Care Residents

• USA Today Investigates Thefts from Nursing Home Resident Trust Funds

• Staff Attorney Prescott Cole Takes CANHR Message to Minnesota

• Website offers Video Training of Oral Care for Nursing Home Residents with Dementia

• Upcoming Events

• CANHR is pleased to announce the inaugural edition of its monthly E-Newletter

• CANHR Helps Expose Abuse and Neglect in Assisted Living

• CANHR Campaign to Combat Mandatory Arbitration Agreements in Long Term Care Facilities

• Governor Signs CANHR-Supported Bill Protecting Conservatee Rights

• Governor Appoints CANHR Attorney Prescott Cole to the California

• Professional Fiduciaries Advisory Committee

• Upcoming Events