FOR

MONTHLY NEWSLETTER


October 2024

In this issue: 

  • Disaster Information: Hurricane Helene

  • Congratulations 2024 Award Winners

  • FOR Seeking New Board of Directors Members

  • Bill Lamb Featured on WRAL: Minimum Nursing Home Staffing Standards

  • Join Our Partners for a Caregiving Summit- This Week!

  • October is Long-Term Care Residents' Rights Awareness Month

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September 2024

IN THIS ISSUE:

  • Disaster Information: Hurricane Helene

  • FOR Fall Gala: Raffle Tickets On Sale Now

  • All Ages, All Stages Multi-Sector Plan on Aging Released

  • FOR Supporter and Community Survey

  • Join Our Partners for a Caregiving Summit

  • Nursing Home Discharges Resource

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August 2024

IN THIS ISSUE:

  • FOR Fall Gala Updates: RSVP Today 

  • FOR Supporter and Community Survey

  • Don't Forget: Resident's Voice Challenge Due Soon!

  • Voting Resources from the Center For Vulnerable Voters

  • Advocating for Rights and Better Care in Nursing Homes Resource

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July 2024

IN THIS ISSUE:

  • FOR Fall Gala and Fundraiser Update: Keynote Speaker Announcement

  • Nursing Home Staffing Standards: Updates and How to Advocate

  • Update on the Essential Caregivers Act

  • Advocacy in Long Term Care: Addressing Concerns About Retaliation

  • Together in Care: Issue Brief- Empowering Direct Care Workers and Family Caregivers 

  • National Alliance for Caregiving Launches Caregiver Nation Network

  • Join the Resident's Voice Challenge 

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June 2024

IN THIS ISSUE:

  • NC Department of Justice Releases Long Term Care Resource Guide

  • Federal Strategic Framework for National Plan on Aging Released

  • Federal Legislation: Essential Caregivers Act Update

  • FOR's Fall Gala: Support Our Event! 

  • PBS Caregiver Documentary Set to Air in 2025

  • In Memory: Kelly Eakes Groft, FOR Board Member

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May 2024

IN THIS ISSUE:

  • Federal Legislation: Essential Caregivers Act Filed

  • FOR's Fall Gala: Save the Date and Sponsor Our Event! 

  • AARP North Carolina: Honor a Volunteer With the 2024 Andrus Award for Community Service

  • October is Residents Rights Month: Theme Announcement

  • Reminder: FOR Seeking PNA Stories

  • Tobacco-Related Policy Requirements Go Into Effect July 1, 2024

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April 2o24

IN THIS ISSUE:

  • Join us for Aging Advocacy Day, May 7! 

  • Older Americans Month Celebration, May 7

  • Final Rule on Minimum Nursing Home Staffing Standards Released

  • Recording Available: Resident Council Manual Training Webinar

  • Save the Date: FOR's Virtual Fall Gala and Fundraiser 

  • Reminder: FOR seeking PNA stories 

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March 2024

IN THIS ISSUE:

  • FOR Board of Directors Approves 2024 Public Policy Priorities

  • Justice in Aging Resources on Federal Quality Measures in Assisted Living

  • The Impact of Understaffing on the Daily Lives of Nursing Home Residents

  • North Carolina Dementia and Brain Health Outreach and Awareness Toolkit

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February 2024

IN THIS ISSUE:

  • U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging Hears Assisted Living Concerns

  • 25 Common Nursing Home Problems and How to Resolve Them

  • “Difficult” is Not a Diagnosis Resource

  • Administration for Community Living: Older Americans Act Final Rule

  • Older Americans Month Theme Announced

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January 2024

IN THIS ISSUE:

  • Welcome new FOR Board Members

  • Personal Needs Allowance Effective 1/1/2024

  • Fact Sheet: Advocating for Rights and Better Care

  • Rights and Wrongs in Medicaid-Funded Assisted Living

  • Roadmap to Strengthen North Carolina’s Caregiving Workforce

  • NC Adult Care Association 40th Annual Conference: Save the Date

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December 2023

IN THIS ISSUE:

  • Happy Holidays from FOR!

  • Fast Frames: Aging & Care Resources

  • Fact Sheet on Visiting Loved Ones in a Long Term Care Facility

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November 2023

IN THIS ISSUE:

  • Support FOR this Giving Tuesday

  • Call for Board Members: Serve on FOR’s Board of Directors

  • Report: A Place to Thrive: Creating Opportunities to Age Well in NC

  • CMS Final Rule on Disclosure of Nursing Home Ownership

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October 2023

IN THIS ISSUE:

  • Thank you for supporting the 2023 Virtual Fall Gala

  • Congratulations to FOR’s 2023 Award Winners

  • Call for Board Members: Serve on FOR’s Board of Directors

  • Public Comments Due November 6: Proposed Nursing Home Minimum Staffing Standards

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