Policy Issues

Policy Issues

How Private Equity Firms and Other Nursing Home Owners Harm Residents

Staffing in Nursing Homes

Forced Arbitration Agreements in Long-Term Care Facility Admission Contracts

The Misuse of Antipsychotics Among Nursing Home Residents

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Consumer Voice Policy Framework

In June 2021, Consumer Voice, along with other advocacy organizations, created a framework for nursing home reform post COVID-19.  To address the longstanding problems in the long-term care system, as well as those exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, we provide a baseline framework with recommendations in six critical areas that need reform:

1. Staffing and workforce;

2. Regulation and enforcement;

3. Ownership and management standards, transparency, and accountability for quality;

4. Government payment systems, financial transparency, and accountability;

5. Structural changes in the long-term care delivery system; and

6. Nursing home redesign and rebuilding.