Residents' Rights Month
The 2024 Residents’ Rights Month theme is "The Power of My Voice." Find resources, news, entries to the Resident's Voice Challenge and more highlighting residents' rights during October.
Specialized Information for:
Long-Term Care ConsumersFamily MembersAdvocatesCongratulations to the 2024 Consumer Voice Leadership Award Winners Patricia McGinnis and Ernest Tosh.
News ArticleIf you live in a nursing home, federal nursing home regulations emphasize that you have the same rights as any other citizen of the United States – this includes your right to vote!
News ArticleListen to a conversation with Gwen Orlowski, Executive Director of Disability Rights New Jersey to discuss how residents and their families can ensure their voices are heard in the upcoming elections.
News ArticleStand with nursing home residents and workers and tell your members of Congress to reject any efforts to prevent the implementation of the minimum staffing rule in nursing homes.
Take ActionContact your members of Congress to urge them to oppose bills that would significantly weaken training requirements for nurse aides in nursing homes.
Take ActionIn the coming days, the House of Representatives will be considering H.R. 7513, a bill that would prohibit federal regulators from ever creating rules about safe staffing in nursing homes. Send a letter to your member of Congress telling them to oppose this bill.
Take ActionHave you taken all three of our recent actions? 1) Schedule a Visit; 2) Send a Message; 3) Make a Phone Call
Action UpdateA provision to require at least one registered nurse 24 hours a day has been added to the four critical provisions included in the most recent version of the Build Back Better Act. Contact your members of Congress to ensure all provisions will be included.
Action UpdateCongress has heard your voice! Important nursing home provisions were included in the most recent version of the Build Back Better Act. However, the inclusion of the provisions in the final bill is not ensured.
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