Improving long-term care through consumer-focused advocacy and education. Learn more at www.forltc.org. Friends of Residents in Long Term Care is a nonprofit organization committed to advancing quality of life in North Carolina’s long term care facilities.
We advocate for changes in public policy, support families of long term care residents, and help people make informed decisions about long-term care.
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Many NC nursing home residents still waiting on vaccinations :: WRAL.com
Nursing home residents and staff were among the first people eligible for coronavirus vaccine shots, but some advocates and family members of residents say the process isn't moving fast enough.
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AARP Pushes for Improvements in North Carolina Long-Term Care
The coronavirus pandemic highlighted long-standing issues with the state’s long-term care system. Problems include staffing shortages, low wages, high turnover, a lack of oversight and not enough technology for virtual visits,
Pharmacies bringing vaccinations to NC long-term care facilities - Carolina Public Press
Health experts alarmed that large numbers of long-term care staff are turning down COVID-19 vaccinations.
Sad news. June served as the executive director for Friends in 2006 and later as the board chair. We already miss her.
Family demands answers after 82-year-old grandmother dies from COVID-19 at NC nursing home
“…if you’re following proper protocol and testing staff members twice a week then how did you end up with 50 staff members able to come in the doors and infect 50 residents who can’t fe…
‘There’s fear out there.’ Not all nursing home staff want to get COVID vaccine
Health leaders and nursing homes are making vaccine education a priority to help ease any reluctance people have getting it.
The downside of liability protections ganted to long term care facilities.
Palestine Howze didn’t have COVID-19, but a law enacted to protect health providers during the pandemic could derail her family’s wrongful death suit.
High rate of NC nursing home residents taking COVID-19 vaccine, even as many employees refuse them, health leader says
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Up to 90 percent of nursing home residents who have been offered coronavirus vaccines so far have taken it, even as roughly half of employees have declined it, the CEO of the…
These stories always give me pause when I hear industry complaining about how they can barely make ends meet.
California's largest for-profit nursing home chain pays millions for rent and other services to related companies controlled by its owners. Watchdog groups are lobbying the Biden administration to force more disclosure of the industry practice.
Opinion | Nursing Home Patients Are Dying of Loneliness
As the vaccine rolls out in nursing homes, more visits should be allowed.
In case you missed this with all the others receiving a presidential pardon, this crook just got a get out of jail free card. 😟
A federal district judge sentenced a south Florida health care facility owner to 20 years in prison today after being found guilty in the largest health care fraud scheme charged by the U.S. Justice Department. The case involves a decades-long scheme of kickbacks and money laundering in connection w...
Lenovo, FOR, Senior Living & NCALA combine forces to donate 100 tablets for use by assisted living facilities to help combat social isolation.
The Lenovo Foundation donated 100 tablets to long-term care facilities across the country, and now residents are able to video chat with loved ones over the holidays.
In a relentless pandemic, nursing-home workers are worn down and stressed out
Burnout is stalking the country’s nursing homes. Even as the novel coronavirus peaks yet again, remaining staffers are worn out, resentful and yet holding on, because, many say, their patients need them.
COVID-19 Has Claimed the Lives of 100,000 Long-Term Care Residents and Staff
More than 100,000 residents and staff have died in long-term care facilities since the start of the pandemic. This post discusses the implications of the likely rise in cases due to holiday gatheri…
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Separated from loved ones for months, nursing home residents face even lonelier holidays during the coronavirus pandemic
https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/26/us/covid-19-nursing-homes/index.html
Elderly people in nursing homes and assisted living facilities around the country haven't been able to hug a loved one in many months because of the coronavirus pandemic. Now, many are facing their first Thanksgiving and possibly Christmas without them.
Tomorrow is #GivingTuesday! (December 1st)
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While the rise in coronavirus cases across the state poses a physical threat, that isolation could have an even greater impact on the quality of life, both physically and emotionally for many residents of nursing homes.
North Carolina extends lucrative contract to to provide nursing home care to veterans despite concerns about care.
The company that oversees state veterans nursing homes got approval for a one-year contract renewal from the Veterans Affairs Commission.
Very important article by Thomas Goldsmith. Some NC facilities got it right!
About 200 nursing home facilities in North Carolina avoided deaths by upping staffing, acquiring PPE and hitting the three Ws hard.
Nursing home workers tell their stories: 'You don’t understand the stress we’re going through'
The coronavirus has devastated US senior care homes. We spoke to frontline staff about their grief and heartbreak – and how they’re trying to keep their loved ones safe
Not just COVID: Nursing home neglect deaths surge in shadows,
When COVID-19 tore through Donald Wallace’s nursing home, he was one of the lucky few to avoid infection. He died a horrible death anyway. Hale and happy before the pandemic, the...
Not just COVID: Nursing home neglect deaths surge in shadows
When COVID-19 tore through Donald Wallace’s nursing home, he was one of the lucky few to avoid infection. He died a horrible death anyway. Hale and happy before the pandemic, the...
Laurel Boyles was the first board chair of FOR in 1987. We are indebted to our founders.
This is a petition sponsored by NC Caregivers for Compromise one of our LTC Community Partners.
Our loved ones have been locked away for over 8 months and no one is listening to their cries! They are dying from isolation and failure to thrive not just Covid-19!!! Many are confused and are giving up because they feel that no one cares. We are asking to allow Essential Caregivers in the faciliti...
An important resource for LTC residents, but not always available in all parts of North Carolina. Our state prohibits staff from assisting residents.
Nursing homes may have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, but these teams want to make sure their residents get to vote, and that they can do so safely.
The hidden Covid-19 health crisis: Elderly people are dying from isolation
The lockdowns and visitor restrictions meant to protect nursing home residents from the coronavirus can also threaten their lives.
The hidden Covid-19 health crisis: Elderly people are dying from isolation
The lockdowns and visitor restrictions meant to protect nursing home residents from the coronavirus can also threaten their lives.
New Weekend Edition of Carolina Public Press features FOR's media award given to Kate Martin!
Kate Martin, lead investigative reporter for Carolina Public Press, on Friday received the 2020 Media Award from Friends of Residents in Long Term Care for her body of work writing about nursing homes and pressing government agencies for answers during the coronavirus pandemic. Bill Lamb, Chairman o...
Tonight is the night of our Fall Gala!!!! PLEASE DONATE AND SUPPORT!!! The Gala will be starting HERE at 7pm! Join us!
Agents...help me show NC what we do! The Board I’m on to prevent abuse and neglect in nursing facilities (FOR) is having their annual event on the 23rd. Help me show everyone what we realtors do best - we help others in need ❤️.
Our annual event is being broadcast across the state. Music, awards, a raffle, etc. You can buy tickets for the raffle at the link below for 3 great prizes. $25 apiece, only 100 are being sold. They will go fast. I’ll provide more info on how to access the event soon. Sponsorship opportunities are available and last year I got 3 listings from mine. It’s a large audience.
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help! Please let me know if you have questions or want to discuss a potential sponsorship and if it makes sense for your business.
Our On-Line Virtual Raffle is up and active! There will be 100 tickets sold with the potential to win 7 terrific prizes. Tickets are $25 apiece or you can purchase 5 for $100. Support FOR & win a cance at a prize. Buy tickets @ https://forltc.networkforgood.com/events/24218-2020-fall-gala-raffle-tickets
We strive effortlessly to improve the quality of long-term care in North Carolina by serving as an independent resource for consumers and families, providing consumer-focused information about your long-term care options and rights, helping consumers navigate the complicated system of long-term care services and supports, offering seminars and training to consumers, providers, and advocates, and building public awareness about long-term care issues. We represent concerned families, individuals, and organizations that want to support the 90,000 people who, because they can no longer live independently, reside in long-term care facilities in the state of North Carolina. Our work covers many aspects of long-term care in various settings: nursing homes, assisted living facilities, adult care homes, family care homes, multi-unit housing with services, continuing care retirement communities and home and community services. Residents in long-term care across the state need our voice, our commitment, and our strength in numbers to continue advocating for a better quality of life for our seniors and people with disabilities.
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