“To Families’ Dismay, Biden Nursing Home Reform Doesn’t View Them as Essential Caregivers”

 

“To Families’ Dismay, Biden Nursing Home Reform Doesn’t View Them as Essential Caregivers,” by Judith Graham, Kaiser Health News 

Quote:

“When the Biden administration announced a set of proposed nursing home reforms last month, consumer advocates were both pleased and puzzled. The reforms call for minimum staffing requirements, stronger regulatory oversight, and better public information about nursing home quality — measures advocates have promoted for years. Yet they don’t address residents’ rights to have contact with informal caregivers — family members and friends who provide both emotional support and practical assistance.”

 

LTC Comment, Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform:

A government that mandates high quality care from the private sector without paying for it neither wants nor allows family members to interfere in its wards’ maintenance.