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Chairperson Bill Mania Gives Testimony at the Senate Appropriations Hearing on
April 19, 2007.
The Campaign Hand
Delivers Materials to All Legislators During the Campaign’s Day at the Capitol
Campaign signs on
to the Long Term Care Coordinated Campaign letter to legislators about Michigan’s
budget crisis
Campaign members join Governor
Granholm for Ceremonial signing of the Single Point of Entry legislation
Campaign Comments on Federal
Proposal to Require Sprinkler Systems in Nursing Homes
Campaign
Seeks to Protect Medicaid Recipients in Nursing Homes
from Involuntary Discharges
Four Single Point
of Entry sites, called "Long Term Care Connections," begin full
operation to provide one stop shopping for long term care consumers
State Selects Four
Single Point of Entry (SPE) Demonstration Sites in the State; SPEs to begin full
operation on January 1, 2007.
Federal
Government Offers New Plan to Improve Quality in Nursing Homes
Campaign
Presents Courage and Heart Award to Three Public Servants for their commitment
to improving the lives of long term care consumers
Campaign writes to
all Michigan legislators about the need for fire safety in nursing homes
Campaign contacts
Michigan legislators about continuing problems in quality of care in nursing
homes
Campaign and State
Ombudsman join forces to press for faster investigation of nursing home
complaints filed by consumers
Campaign
Congratulates and Meets with Newly Appointed Directors of the Office of Long
Term Care Supports and Services and the Bureau of Health Systems, the Two
Offices that Most Directly Affect and Regulate Long Term Care in the State
Plans for
Nursing Home Residents in Case of Emergency and Continuing Problems in Nursing
Home Complaint Investigations
Facts About Long
Term Care in Michigan
Campaign
Provides Public Comment on the State Certificate of Need Process Which
Determines Which Nursing Home Providers May Add Beds or Build New Nursing
Facilities
Campaign Presents Testimony on
the Need for Sprinkler Systems in Nursing Homes and HB 5993
Statewide Campaign
Chairperson Bill Mania and Southeast Michigan Chapter Coordinator Toni Wilson
appointed by Governor Granholm to serve on the state’s new Long Term Care
Supports and Services Advisory Commission.
Attorney General
files Suit Against Nursing Home Staff for Negligent Death of an Oxygen-Dependent
Resident and Cover-Up of the Incident.
Campaign Files a
"Friend of the Court" Brief in Federal Court Case Challenging the
Federal Regulation that Permits States to Authorize the Use of Staff with Only
Limited Training to Feed Nursing Home Residents.
Find out what the
Governor's Medicaid Long Term Care Task Force has recommended!! Click
here:
www.ihcs.msu.edu/LTC/default.htm
Quick
Facts About the Governor's Medicaid Long Term Task Force
The New
Vocabulary of Long Term Care:
Words You Need to Know!!
Click on the topics below
for more information:
Myths
& Facts: Four Fact Sheets about Medicaid & Long Term Care:
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2 3 4
Cox says
Criminals Caring for Elderly
Campaign Presents
Public Comment to New Long Term Care Commission
Campaign
Members attend Extraordinary National Citizens Coalition for Nursing Home Reform
Annual Meeting
Advocates
Seek to Address Illegal Practices in Nursing Home Admissions
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