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4/24/24 CLICK HERE to view Charting a map for North Carolina’s growing 65-plus population with quotes from board chair, Steve Hahn.
01/16/24 CLICK HERE to view Limited state staff struggles to enforce nursing home rules in NC with quotes from board member Cindy Deporter.
01/08/24 CLICK HERE to view Four years after COVID’S toll, nursing homes are worse off, with quotes from Bill Lamb.
10/24/23 CLICK HERE to view Families say Charlotte nursing home put residents at risk. State inspectors agree, with quotes from Bill Lamb.
10/19/23 CLICK HERE to view Representative Larry Potts receives 2023 Legislator of the Year Award from Friends of Residents in Long Term Care.
10/19/23 CLICK HERE to view North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Facility Black Mountain Neuro-Medical Treatment Center Wins 2023 Long-Term Care Facility Best Practice Award.
10/19/23 CLICK HERE to view Long Time Mecklenburg County Long-Term Care Ombudsman Wins 2023 Sharon Wilder Long-Term Care Advocacy Award.
9/07/23 CLICK HERE to view Friends of Residents in Long-Term Care’s position on President Biden’s nursing home staffing minimums. Read our submitted comments to CMS here.
5/26/2023 CLICK HERE to view NC Culture Change Coalition: A Blueprint for Effective Resident Councils
5/02/2023 CLICK HERE to view AARPNC: Governor Roy Cooper commits the state to improvements that benefit all ages with a video featuring Bill Lamb
1/19/2022 CLICK HERE to view WSOC-TV: Nursing homes face ‘life or death’ challenges due to staff shortages, advocates say
9/29/2021 CLICK HERE to view WSOC-TV: Vaccination rates among nursing home staff have barely budged
9/28/2021 CLICK HERE to view WRAL: Nursing home residents, staff at Triangle facility embrace booster shot hours after authorization
9/23/2021 CLICK HERE to view WRAL: Nursing homes seeing uptick in COVID-19 cases due to unvaccinated staff
9/20/2021 CLICK HERE to view AARP North Carolina: Protecting Your Right to Safely Visit Loved Ones in Long-Term Care
9/16/2021 CLICK HERE to view NC Health News: Health Care Half Hour - Adult care homes have incurred millions in fines. Little has been paid.
8/14/2021 CLICK HERE to view CBS17: With COVID-19 surging in NC, some say long-term care facility workers should be mandated to get vaccine
8/13/2021 CLICK HERE to view WRAL: Outbreaks at nursing homes shine light on disparate staff, resident vaccination rates
8/11/2021 CLICK HERE to view WSOC-TV: Research shows half of employees at assisted living facilities in US are unvaccinated
7/24/2021 CLICK HERE to view WRAL: As COVID-19 cases rise, long-term care advocates fear visitation will be revoked
5/11/2021 CLICK HERE to view WSOC-TV: New report details serious violations at south Charlotte assisted living facility
3/15/2021 CLICK HERE to view The News Observer: William E. Lamb on NC long-term care visitation
3/15/2021 CLICK HERE to view North Carolina Health and News: As many NC nursing homes open to visitors, advocates say they’ll watch the details
3/4/2021 CLICK HERE to view ABC News: Families plead for restrictions to be loosened in NC nursing homes as COVID-19 numbers decrease
2/11/2021 CLICK HERE to view WSOC-TV Charlotte news story on CCRC's & vaccinations
1/20/2021 CLICK HERE to view PBS COVID Uncovered
12/22/2020 CLICK HERE to view WRAL-TV news story on Lenovo tablets:
12/7/2020 CLICK HERE to view WRAL-TV story on vaccinations in long-term care
9/29/2020 CLICK HERE to view Thousands of Older NC's & People With Disabilities May Not Get to Vote
9/28/2020 CLICK HERE to view Indoor Visits now allowed at some nursing homes
9/24/2020 CLICK HERE to view Report: Residents in 90 percent of NC nursing homes face increased risk of injury or death in emergencies
9/17/2020 CLICK HERE to view As $35M in nursing-home fines sits mostly idle, COVID-ridden NC ranks 3rd among states with unused funds
9/3/2020 CLICK HERE to view Cautious’: Inside Gov. Cooper’s decisions about the state’s COVID-19 crisis
8/26/2020 CLICK HERE to view Coronavirus-Increased Testing
8/26/2020 CLICK HERE to view Hundreds of Thousands of Nursing Home Residents May Not Be Able to Vote in November Because of the Pandemic
8/13/2020 CLICK HERE to view Loved ones worried that isolation in nursing homes could cause depression
8/12/2020 CLICK HERE to view COVID-19 and Nursing Homes - Second Wave?
7/22/2020 CLICK HERE to view Five reasons for optimism amid pandemic
7/17/2020 CLICK HERE to view North Carolina recommends 'outdoor visitation' for nursing home residents, their families
7/16/2020 CLICK HERE to view Officials considering allowing some visits at NC nursing homes
7/15/2020 CLICK HERE to view Advocates on Testing in Long-Term Care Facilities
7/16/2020 CLICK HERE to view Nursing homes mostly immune from COVID-19 liability due to NC relief bill
6/30/2020 CLICK HERE to view To Balance Physical, Mental Health, Some Residents of NC Long-Term Care Facilities Can Now Have Visitors
6/28/2020 CLICK HERE to view Bring the warmth of family visits back to those isolated in nursing homes
6/12/2020 CLICK HERE to view Under Pressure Over Nursing Home Outbreaks, NC Plans Coronavirus Tests in Every One
5/19/2020 CLICK HERE to view Older Americans Month
4/14/2020 CLICK HERE to view Virus-related restrictions on long-term care facilities also keep inspectors out
4/13/2020 CLICK HERE to view NC coronavirus cases top 4,800, new rules begin and governor warns against ‘complacency’
10/28/2019 CLICK HERE to view NC must improve care for vulnerable seniors
8/23/2019 CLICK HERE to view 2019 Long-term care best practice awards applications
4/23/2019 CLICK HERE to view New bills introduced in the NC legislature to help long-term care residents
4/8/2019 CLICK HERE to view Long-term care advocates convene at the NC General Assembly
2/19/2019 CLICK HERE to view NC to consider hiking personal needs allowance for long-term care residents.
2/8/2019 CLICK HERE to view A message from the 2019 Board Chair
2/8/2019 CLICK HERE to view A year of rules review ahead