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The Long Term Care Community Coalition (LTCCC) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving quality of care, quality of life, and dignity for elderly and disabled people in nursing homes, assisted living, and other residential settings.
The investigation highlights the unusual degree of donor access and influence granted to nursing home executives, even as research suggests the rule could have saved thousands of lives each year.
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Within weeks, the administration stopped defending the rule in court and, months later, approved a full revocation, parroting industry arguments about cost and workforce challenges.
17.02.2026 22:41 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0New @nytimes.com reporting details how nursing home executives donated nearly $4.8 million to a pro-Trump super PAC shortly before securing a private meeting with President Trump, where they personally urged repeal of the federal minimum staffing rule.
17.02.2026 22:41 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Scott Wilson, a WA assisted living resident, published an op-ed to raise awareness of the right to appeal discharges after two attempts by his facility to initiate evictions led him to successfully appeal, and win, with the help of the WA LTC Ombuds program. Read his op-ed: bit.ly/4rbkw1d
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Where Does the Money Go? Feb. 17 at 1 pm, join Sam Brooks, Director of Public Policy at the Consumer Voice, and the Long-Term Care Community Coalition as they examine how tax dollars intended for nursing home care can be diverted into hidden profits for the owners. Register: bit.ly/feb-2026-web...
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In this webinar, Sam Brooks will present findings from Consumer Voice's new report, Where Does All the Money Go?, which examines how nursing homes in New Jersey spend billions in taxpayer funding.
Register now: bit.ly/feb-2026-web...
On Tuesday, February 17 at 1pm ET, The Long Term Care Community Coalition is hosting a FREE webinar, "Where Does All the Money Go? Exploring How New Jersey Nursing Homes Use Public Money."
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Next Tuesday, January 20 at 1pm ET, The Long Term Care Community Coalition is hosting a FREE webinar, Spotlight on Oversight: Resident Falls and Poorly Performing Facilities.
Don't miss out - register now! bit.ly/jan-2026-web...
Tomorrow, December 16 at 1pm ET, LTCCC is hosting a FREE webinar, The Expanding Role of Big Finance in Long-Term Care: What It Says About Profitability and Resident Well-Being.
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Bankruptcy as a Business Strategy
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Today, December 11 at 11am ET, LTCCC is hosting a Hudson Valley Nursing Home Update! We’ll take a closer look at:
🔹 An updated look at #HudsonValley #nursinghome data
🔹 #ResidentRights: What to do when there’s poor care, abuse, or neglect
Don't forget to register: bit.ly/ltccc-hudson...
The Long Term Care Community Coalition is deeply disheartened by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ decision to repeal the federal minimum staffing standards for nursing homes.
Read our full statement at NursingHome411: nursinghome411.org/statement-st...
New Senior Care Policy Brief is out: The Business of Broken Care
Widespread #fraud + weak oversight let nursing home owners siphon public funds while residents pay the price.
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“It’s such an in-your-face flouting of the most basic standards of nursing home care, and really the standards of humanity,” said Richard Mollot, executive director of the New York-based advocacy group Long Term Care Community Coalition.
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The Special Focus Facility Program, a federal program created to address the nation’s worst nursing homes, is falling short of its intended goal of sustained improvement, according to a new analysis by the HHS OIG.
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These facilities showed consistent declines in quality ratings, staffing hours, and administrative stability following acquisition.
Read more in today's issue of the Senior Care Policy Brief: nursinghome411.org/policybrief-...
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A new AARP Florida report, “Change of Ownership and Quality in Florida Nursing Homes,” finds that more than one-third of Florida nursing homes have changed ownership since 2019, many purchased by private-equity or investor-owned groups.
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“The whole point of the federal nursing home law is that you don’t accept residents for whom you cannot provide safety and care,” Mollot said.
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Join us today at 1pm ET!
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Attention #HudsonValley New Yorkers! Join us today at 11am ET for a Hudson Valley Nursing Home Update! The program is free, but you must register: bit.ly/ltccc-hudson...
09.10.2025 13:56 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Today at 1pm ET!
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Don't miss out on LTCCC's free webinar, Nursing Home Oversight and Disability Law: The Fight to Improve State Enforcement. Join us on Tuesday, September 16 at 1pm ET!
Register here: bit.ly/sept-2025-we...
“What this really indicates to me is that a tremendous amount of bad things have gone on in this facility for a long enough period of time that the [gov't] has said, ‘OK, we're going to do the last possible thing we can do to save residents and to protect the community." www.wtkr.com/news/in-the-...
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“You can imagine what goes on when the inspectors aren’t there... Awful, just awful. Situations like that, you’re really living as a prisoner in a terrible prison.”
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@newyorkstateag.bsky.social announced a $12 million settlement with the owners of a Syracuse nursing home after her investigation uncovered years of financial fraud, neglect, and resident harm.
Read more in LTCCC's latest Senior Care Policy Brief: nursinghome411.org/policybrief-...
🔸 The average facility provided less than ½ minute per resident day of a mental health service worker’s time.
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🔸 The median nursing home fell 24.9% short of expected total nurse staffing levels and 42.3% short of expected RN staffing levels.
🔸 36% of facilities reported zero (0) presence of a medical director, despite fed reqs that a med. dir. oversee the quality of clinical care provided in every facility.
Select Staffing Facts for Q1 2025:
🔸 The average U.S. nursing home provided 3.75 total nurse staff hours per resident day (HPRD), including 0.61 HPRD for registered nurses (RNs).
🔸 The staffing expectation model shows that 90.2% of nursing homes reported staffing levels below their expected HPRD.
Read more in the latest #SeniorCarePolicyBrief
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CMS will increase Medicare payments to SNFs by 3.2% in 2026, providing an estimated $1.36 billion in additional funding.
While providers welcome the increase, it is unlikely that these taxpayer dollars will result in much needed improvements to care without meaningful oversight and accountability.
