Raise the Bar on Resident Care @RaisetheBarRI
Raise the Bar on Resident Care is a coalition of nursing home caregivers, clergy members, community partners, nursing home residents, and family members. raisethebarri.org Rhode Island Joined August 2019-
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🔥VICTORY ALERT!🔥 Raise the Bar has played a pivotal role in securing nearly $5 million in state budget funding to strengthen the Nursing Home Staffing & Quality Care Act. Thanks to @RISpeaker, @Val_Lawson and the entire leadership team for their support! #RIStateBudget
🚨 With federal staffing regs overturned, it's vital to safeguard RI's Nursing Home Staffing and Quality Care Act from cuts by @GovDanMcKee ! Write to the General Assembly today and urge them to uphold this essential law! bit.ly/ProtectRIStaff… #SupportRICare
"Because of short staffing, I'm no longer able to hold that dying patient's hand, giving him the assurance that it is okay to take this journey." - Gartee Dennis, LPN We MUST protect the nursing home staffing law! @RIHouseofReps @RISenate buff.ly/rizdTbw
Thank you Rep. Slater & @bridget4ri for reintroducing the #WorkforceStandardsBoard bill and for all its sponsors for their continued support! Now we call for swift passage by @RIHouseofReps & @RISenate! whatsupnewp.com/2025/02/euer-a…
We call on our elected leaders in @RISenate and @RIHouseofReps to stand up for RI's most vulnerable and reject these attacks to the nursing home staffing law. @RISpeaker @junespeakman @SenatorRuggerio @RyanWPearson
"In a joint statement, @SenatorRuggerio and House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi @RISpeaker said that both chambers will address the "very significant issue" again in the new year." It's time for the #WorkforceStandardsBoard @antoniafarzan providencejournal.com/story/news/pol…
A new @KCRG report reveals "residents in #privateequity owned nursing homes are 11% more likely to have ER visits, 8.7% more likely to be hospitalized for preventable conditions, & short-term mortality rates increased by 10% during & 90 days after stays nurse.org/news/nursing-h…
📰🚨 Raise the Bar hit national news today as a new @mcknightsltcn article lifts up our call for a special session to override Gov. McKee's veto of the #WorkforceStandardsBoard bill! It is TIME to get this DONE! @SenatorRuggerio @RISpeaker @junespeakman @RISenate @RIHouseofReps
📰🚨 Raise the Bar hit national news today as a new @mcknightsltcn article lifts up our call for a special session to override Gov. McKee's veto of the #WorkforceStandardsBoard bill! It is TIME to get this DONE! @SenatorRuggerio @RISpeaker @junespeakman @RISenate @RIHouseofReps
👉A breaking report by @NBC10_Tamara reveals the unacceptable level of serious deficiencies in RI nursing homes; "In the last 3 years, 46% of Rhode Island nursing homes have had at least one serious deficiency" #Safestaffing is overdue! @SenatorRuggerio @junespeakman @RISpeaker
👉A breaking report by @NBC10_Tamara reveals the unacceptable level of serious deficiencies in RI nursing homes; "In the last 3 years, 46% of Rhode Island nursing homes have had at least one serious deficiency" #Safestaffing is overdue! @SenatorRuggerio @junespeakman @RISpeaker
👉 👉In new article by @antoniafarzan: The #WorkforceStandardsBoard "is not a panacea but it will make a significant difference in bringing all of the stakeholders together to collaborate on solutions "- Kathleen Gerard @ABCinRI 🚨🚨🚨Let's get it done! tinyurl.com/25mpa42p
Raise the Bar wishes you a joyful and healthy holiday season! Together, are are striving for a safer, more compassionate long-term care system that honors the dignity and respect of all nursing home residents and workers. 🌟 ❄️ 🌲#RaiseTheBar #ResidentCare #HealthcareHeroes
This holiday season, 85 nursing home workers sent cards to @RIHouseofReps @RISenate urging them to do the right thing and override Governor McKee's veto of the #WorkforceStandardsBoard. Caregivers deserve #safestaffing & a #livingwage @RISpeaker @SenatorRuggerio @junespeakman
Apple Rehab homes in RI & CT have wracked up hundreds of thousand of dollars in fines for deficiencies and cited for hundreds of violations. Meanwhile, owner Brian J. Foley has a waterfront Newport mansion. golocalprov.com/news/two-world… @FentonJosh @GoLocalProv
👉👉👉Read a new Op-Ed by Ruth Furtado who spent time in both non-profit and for-profit nursing homes as a middle-aged woman with #MS. "Integral to improving resident care is improving the way staff are treated, supported and paid." #ResidentsRightsMonth
👉👉👉Read a new Op-Ed by Ruth Furtado who spent time in both non-profit and for-profit nursing homes as a middle-aged woman with #MS. "Integral to improving resident care is improving the way staff are treated, supported and paid." #ResidentsRightsMonth
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