Only The Best, For Our Senior Citizens

We’ve all heard the horror stories and can admit that nursing homes, or agencies for caregivers, aren’t thought of as always best care facilities. With an increase of elder care lawyer cases, there is a lack of regulation and oversight in the caregiver for elderly facilities.To protect and care for our elderly, we sponsored legislation in 2018 to require background checks for those working with our seniors in these facilities and in home caregiving and increased caregiver training.  What comes with jobs for caregivers is post surgery home care, lifting patients, and being a comfort keeper for those in need of care. In 2020, we sponsored the bill that required new staffing to patient ratios, made certain that facilities were adequately prepared for COVID-19 and future outbreaks of other viruses, and provided protections for patients in memory care facilities that specialize in caring for those with various stages of Alzheimers disease due to memory care facility costs. Responsive home health and above board care in facilities with access to senior cell phones for increased connectedness in a new transitional living environment is at the heart of this legislation. As we move forward, we continue to seek ways to strengthen our elder abuse laws and make certain that the state is properly overseeing our long-term care facilities. There has been an increase in Training for caregivers through a new program called health care academy and clear care thanks to the new legislation that will turn our senior helpers into professional caregivers and home helpers. There is also accessible free caregiver training online.

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