Center for Long-Term Care Reform

2010-2011 Accomplishments  (Download this list)

• Submitted written and oral testimony to the Governor’s Nursing Home Safety Task Force about the federal Pre-Admission Screening and Resident Review

• Conducted research on the federal Pre-Admission Screening and Resident Review (PASRR), and interviews with states across the country about state-level PASRR variability

• Participated on the Nursing Home Safety Task Force workgroup: Pre-Admission Screening and Resident Review, assisting the state in updating guidelines

• Appointed to the Long-Term Care Health Facilities and Services Review Board, LTC Advisory Subcommittee

• Continued to serve on the Older Adult Services Advisory Committee Executive Board, and played a leadership role in the research and production of the “Plan to Restructure the State of Illinois Service Delivery System for Older Adults”

• Conducted advocacy training for Casa Central home care workers about how to effectively advocate for their own rights as workers and citizens, as well as advocating for the rights of their clients.   June 23, 2010

• Conducted advocacy training for the Coalition for Limited English Speaking Elderly (CLESE) Board.  Reviewed implications of the Affordable Care Act, Nursing Home Reform Task Force and the Williams law suit, to enable them to more effectively advocate on behalf of their clients to maintain the home care service they need to keep them out of nursing homes.

• Produced a report on Illinois nursing homes as care providers for persons with mental illness, in light of the Illinois Nursing Home Safety Task Force

• Developed educational material about the Affordable Care Act, federal health reform, and the new law’s effect on long-term care in Illinois

• Convened a conference on older health care workers that attracted more than fifty service providers, advocates, and health care professionals

• Received funding from the Weinberg Foundation, the Administration on Aging, and the Chicago Community Trust through the Illinois Transitional Care Consortium for the innovative transitional care model: The Bridge Program

• Served on Illinois Long Term Care Council which held an open forum at the 2010 Governor’s Conference focusing on long term care issues in the State of Illinois.  Participated on the panel hearing testimony:

• Provided oral testimony to the LTC Council open forum at the 2010 Governor’s Conference on Aging about the importance of transitional care to the health of older adults, and about the cutting-edge work the Illinois Transitional Care Consortium is doing in the field

• Presented to Loyola University School of Social Work’s Masters Program students about long-term care reform and elder economic security

• Presented to University of Chicago’s Roosevelt Institute Campus Network student group about Social Security and elder economic security

• Presented at the Governor’s Conference on Aging on transitional care, the Illinois Transitional Care Consortium and the Bridge Program

• Presented to the Illinois Council on Aging on transitional care, the ITCC and the Bridge Program

• Presented to the Chicago-area Village communities about the Elder Economic Security Initiative

• Presented a roundtable discussion to the Chicago-area American Society on Aging chapter on the Elder Economic Security Initiative

• Presented at the American Society on Aging and National Council on Aging annual conference on the Elder Economic Security Initiative

• Convened a conference of over 150 participants on the topic of the Affordable Care Act long-term care provision implementation in Illinois; service providers, researchers, journalists, state government officials, hospital administrators, and more were in the audience

2008-2009 Accomplishments