Your Care, Your Rights, Your Voice
By Mairead Painter
Host Mairead Painter is the Long Term Care Ombudsman for the state of Connecticut and a leader who is building strong community ties in the challenging area of long term care. She brings her expertise to address issues and solutions to Your Care-Your Rights-Your Voice podcast.
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Your Care, Your Rights, Your VoiceMay 25, 2022
Person Centered Thinking with Camille Russell, Kansas Long Term Care Ombudsman
All long term care residents deserve and have the right to control over their lives. Camille Russell, the Kansas Long Term Care Ombudsman joins this episode to discuss person centered thinking and how it supports individuals' quality of life. The conversation explains several ways to utilize person centered care in all long term communities.
Camille Russell is a lifelong advocate for fellow Kansans. Previously a regional ombudsmen, she now serves as the Kansas State Long-Term Care Ombudsman. She served under two Kansas attorneys general as director of the Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Unit. A relentless supporter for person-centered care, she is a credentialed person-centered thinking trainer with The Learning Community for Person Centered Practices and an ambassador for Charting the LifeCourse. Contact information: https://ombudsman.ks.gov/contact-the-office/contact-our-office
Mairead Painter is the Long Term Care Ombudsman for the state of Connecticut and a leader who is building strong community ties in the challenging area of long term care. She brings her expertise to address issues and solutions to Your Care-Your Rights-Your Voice podcast.
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SHORT: Mental Health Awareness
In this episode Host Mairead Painter talks honestly about mental wellness, especially for those in long term care communities. She unpacks how individuals with mental health issues can address their situations, how and where to receive support, and how to decrease the stigmas attached to mental health. Mairead also talks about individuals in long term care who were at the epicenter of the pandemic and the effects of their trauma. She offers an educational series about trauma informed care and how to better understand this vulnerable population.
Link: Trauma Informed Care During COVID-19: Healing Through RelationshipsMairead Painter is the Long Term Care Ombudsman for the state of Connecticut and a leader who is building strong community ties in the challenging area of long term care. She brings her expertise to address issues and solutions to Your Care-Your Rights-Your Voice podcast.
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SHORT: The State of Staffing in Long Term Care Communities
Host Mairead Painter discusses several issues surrounding staffing challenges in long term care communities from the perspective of her role as Long Term Care Ombudsman for the state of Connecticut and on a Federal level. Not only does she answer pertinent questions, but also offers hope for making positive changes for staff members to ensure quality of care.
Information you will learn includes;
- Challenges seen before and after the pandemic.
- Staff ratio requirements for individualized needs and continuity of care.
- Creating career ladders by offering continuing education for direct care workers.
- Appropriate and standardized training.
- Engaging the young to a career path in long term care in order to increase the workforce for a growing population.
Mairead encourages listeners to send ideas, suggestions and comments through her podcast Facebook page @YourCareYourRightsYourVoicePodcast
Mairead Painter is the Long Term Care Ombudsman for the state of Connecticut and a leader who is building strong community ties in the challenging area of long term care. She brings her expertise to address issues and solutions to Your Care-Your Rights-Your Voice podcast.
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SHORT: Essential Support Persons: Guidelines for the Long Term Care Community
Connecticut recently passed Public Act 21-71 An Act Concerning Essential Support Persons And A State-Wide Visitation Policy For Residents Of Long-term Care Facilities which outlines resident’s need for health, safety, and well-being along with including primary and secondary essential support persons.
In this short episode, Host Mairead Painter explains several vital points about residents' rights and how their voices and families helped this bill get passed. Looking to the future, there are hopes a similar bill will be passed on a Federal level.
Complete Policies and Procedures can be read at the link.
Mairead Painter is the Long Term Care Ombudsman for the state of Connecticut and a leader who is building strong community ties in the challenging area of long term care. She brings her expertise to address issues and solutions to Your Care-Your Rights-Your Voice podcast.
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Long Term Care Legislative Update Part 3
Return guest Cinnamon St. John from the Center for Medicare Advocacy joins this episode to continue the discussion on Legislative Updates. We talk through points presented in the White House Fact Sheet: Protecting Seniors by Improving Safety and Quality of Care in the Nation’s Nursing Homes released by the Biden Administration. The reforms presented are overdue in the long term care industry and we have high hopes these non-partisan reforms will take place.
What you will hear about:
- Improved staffing standards
- Accountability and transparency
- Private equity ownership
- Career pathways established for staff
- Emergency preparedness
We also consider resident and family involvement in care choices and how to amplify their voices to restore the public perception of the long term care community. Also, a special appearance by sometime co-host Finn!!
Mairead Painter is the Long Term Care Ombudsman for the state of Connecticut and a leader who is building strong community ties in the challenging area of long term care. She brings her expertise to address issues and solutions to Your Care-Your Rights-Your Voice podcast.
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Long Term Care Legislative Updates Part 2
In the second episode of Long Term Care Legislative Updates I am joined by return guest Cinnamon St. John from the Center for Medicare Advocacy to discuss the details of proposed legislation in Connecticut and on the Federal level.
We focus this episode on staffing challenges; wage disparities, pool agencies, consistency of quality care, turnover, and staff burnout. We are hoping to create transparency related to nursing home operations and each component of care. We discuss which issues have been ongoing and those who have appeared during the pandemic.
Possible solutions we talk about are adding value to staff positions, appropriate pay, and adding back programs that allow employees to move up the career ladder.
Mairead Painter is the Long Term Care Ombudsman for the state of Connecticut and a leader who is building strong community ties in the challenging area of long term care. She brings her expertise to address issues and solutions to Your Care-Your Rights-Your Voice podcast.
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Long Term Care Legislative Update: Part 1
Although the Connecticut legislature is entertaining several bills related to long term care, the importance of this information is on a national level. Host Mairead Painter discusses several areas of concern and key bills, the process of how to testify remotely, how to access and track the bills, and how to share your stories for a personal impact.
It's imperative for legislators to hear from all who are concerned about quality in the long term care community.
Mairead Painter is the Long Term Care Ombudsman for the state of Connecticut and a leader who is building strong community ties in the challenging area of long term care. She brings her expertise to address issues and solutions to Your Care-Your Rights-Your Voice podcast.
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Resident Rights and the Impact of the Pandemic
Toby Edelman and Cinnamon St. John from the Center for Medicare Advocacy return as guests in this episode to discuss the rights of residents in the long term care community. We take an in depth look at immediate concerns and issues that have come to light during the pandemic and ask, "where do we go from here?" Actions and solutions are addressed that we hope can make positive changes beneficial to everyone.
What you will hear about:
- The impact of restricting visitation during lockdown
- How families are critical to quality care, before, during and after COVID
- The epidemic of loneliness during isolation
- The adverse affect of restraints, both physical and chemical
- Concerns about moving forward, or going backward with regulations
- The need for grass roots leaders to speak up even louder
- Three important elements for quality care; Love, Familiarity, and Time
Host Mairead Painter is the Long Term Care Ombudsman for the state of Connecticut and a leader who is building strong community ties in the challenging area of long term care. She brings her expertise to address issues and solutions to Your Care-Your Rights-Your Voice podcast.
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Year in Review of the Long Term Care Community
Guests, Toby Edelman and Cinnamon St. John from the Center for Medicare Advocacy join the conversation about 2021, what went wrong, what went right, and what needs to be done for the future of the long term care community. We discuss COVID, the importance of vaccines and boosters, and the data supporting it. Also, we talk about staffing and the immediate need for essential caregivers to be a part of resident's care. Looking forward we see there is work to be done to solve other issues to ensure quality care.
Host Mairead Painter is the Long Term Care Ombudsman for the state of Connecticut and a leader who is building strong community ties in the challenging area of long term care. She brings her expertise to address issues and solutions to Your Care-Your Rights-Your Voice podcast.
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Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care
Lori Smetanka is the Executive Director of the National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care, the leading national nonprofit advocacy organization representing consumers receiving long-term care and services in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and home and community based settings. As Executive Director, Lori oversees and contributes to the organization’s policy, advocacy, and program activities; leads the organization’s fundraising efforts; establishes strategic partnerships with organizations and federal agencies working on issues related to the provision of long-term services and supports; and establishes the strategic direction of the organization.
From 2004 – 2016 she served as the Director of the National Long-Term Care Ombudsman Resource Center, providing technical assistance, training, and support to the 53 State and more than 570 local long-term care ombudsman programs across the country. Prior to that role, Lori served as Law and Policy Specialist at the Consumer Voice, where she provided policy analysis, consultation, education, technical assistance, and training on long-term care issues. She received a B.A. from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and a J.D. from the University of Dayton School of Law.
National Consumer Voice (theconsumervoice.org)
Contact information:
Lori O. Smetanka, J.D., Executive Director, Consumer Voice
lsmetanka@theconsumervoice.org
Host Mairead Painter is the Long Term Care Ombudsman for the state of Connecticut and a leader who is building strong community ties in the challenging area of long term care. She brings her expertise to address issues and solutions to Your Care-Your Rights-Your Voice podcast.
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BONUS: Breaking Down the Build Back Better Bill
The importance of passing the Build Back Better bill through Congress is vital to the quality of care in our nation's long term care facilities. Guests, Toby Edelman and Cinnamon St. John from the Center for Medicare Advocacy join the discussion to help us understand each point of the bill and how it affects the care of our elders and people in long term care.
Host Mairead Painter is the Long Term Care Ombudsman for the state of Connecticut and a leader who is building strong community ties in the challenging area of long term care. She brings her expertise to address issues and solutions to Your Care-Your Rights-Your Voice podcast.
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What You Need to Know About Care Planning
Connecticut Regional Ombudsman, Lindsay Jessop, offers valuable information on care planning and how to ensure quality experiences for everyone who is entering long term care.
What you will learn:
- What is a person-centered care plan
- Resident assessment and baseline plan
- Best practices creating short and attainable goals
- Care Plan meetings and conferences; what to expect and what is expected
Host Mairead Painter is the Long Term Care Ombudsman for the state of Connecticut and a leader who is building strong community ties in the challenging area of long term care. She brings her expertise to address issues and solutions to Your Care-Your Rights-Your Voice podcast.
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Statewide Family Council and its Importance
My guests Cynthia Hadden and Amy Badini, both who advocate for loved ones in long term care, will be talking about the importance of Family Councils, the purpose and benefits to families with loved ones in long term communities.
Topics we discuss:
1. What is a Statewide Family Council?
2. What will they do?
3. When will they meet?
4. How can I become a member?
5. What can I do to make my local Family Council
better?
6. What can I do to help start a Family Council at
my loved one's Facility?
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Host Mairead Painter is the Long Term Care Ombudsman for the state of Connecticut and a leader who is building strong community ties in the challenging area of long term care. She brings her expertise to address issues and solutions to Your Care-Your Rights-Your Voice podcast.
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How to Choose a Nursing Home
When is the best time to choose a nursing home? On this episode Dan Beem, CT Regional Ombudsman, joins the conversation about the best practices for choosing the right long term care facility for you or your loved one.
What you will hear:
- How to talk to someone who has an urgent need about the best place to go.
- How to look for ratings and reports posted at facilities and learn how they address any issues.
- Residents Counsels and connection to communities.
- Family Counsels and their importance.
- The difference between policies and regulations.
- Things to look for regarding staffing.
- Why the Dietary Staff is so important.
- Values, Desires and Preferences
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Host Mairead Painter is the Long Term Care Ombudsman for the state of Connecticut and a leader who is building strong community ties in the challenging area of long term care. She brings her expertise to address issues and solutions to Your Care-Your Rights-Your Voice podcast.
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Visitation and Access to Loved Ones in Long Term Care
Kelly Richards, Illinois Long Term Care Ombudsman, and Carrie Leljedal, a family member and essential caregiver, join this episode to discuss the importance of visitation and access to loved ones during a crisis like the pandemic.
Carrie recounts her personal story about the effect on her son when she was denied the daily visits he was used to for over 30 years. She also talks about the measures she took to make changes.
What you will hear about during this discussion:
14:50 - Importance of Compassionate Care, its cause and effects on essential caregivers and loved ones in long term care.
16:20 - Care Plan, do not wait to do updates and don't take no for an answer to get favorable outcome.
17:20 - Explanation of Compassionate Care covered under Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
21:20 - Discussion of the Ombudsman Program and what is offered.
27:30 - Importance of physical touch, assumed risks, and rights to have a Leave of Absence (LOA) from a facility.
31:30 - Contact information
Host Mairead Painter is the Long Term Care Ombudsman for the state of Connecticut and a leader who is building strong community ties in the challenging area of long term care. She brings her expertise to address issues and solutions to Your Care-Your Rights-Your Voice podcast.
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How to Talk to Your Doctor
Kaitlin "Katie" Cuas from Hartford Healthcare Center for Healthy Aging joins Mairead Painter for an in depth look at how to talk with your doctor. Whether a new visit or a follow up, good communication is key to quality healthcare.
In this episode we will offer tips to make your doctor’s appointment a successful one! Your voice is important.
Topics covered in this episode:
- Preparation: First, where to begin?
- Communication: How can information be shared for better understanding?
- What to do when you disagree with your doctor?
Katie Cuas is currently a Transitional Care Nurse assisting geriatric adults and their families navigate through the healthcare system and connect them with services to improve their Culture of Health. She works collaboratively with care partners to create innovative and adaptive client plans of care. Katie also performs various community health outreach and education programs for the Center for Healthy Aging and also local community entities such as local YMCA and Senior Centers.
Host Mairead Painter is the Long Term Care Ombudsman for the state of Connecticut and a leader who is building strong community ties in the challenging area of long term care. She brings her expertise to address issues and solutions.
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Essential Caregivers
Join host Mairead Painter for this episode to learn about the vital role essential caregivers play in long term care. You will takeaway information from Kelly Richards, Illinois Long Term Care Ombudsman, who joins this episode with two family members who discuss their personal experiences as essential caregivers.
COVID was the perfect storm to point out needed gaps in the role of essential caregivers and it's importance to the wellbeing of those in long term care. We are wholly invested in passing the Essential Caregivers Act (HR 3733). Join the conversation and get involved in this critical piece of legislation.
Essential Caregivers Act of 2021 HR 3733
This bill requires skilled nursing facilities, nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities for the intellectually disabled, and nearby inpatient rehabilitation facilities to establish an essential caregivers program during a public health emergency.
Host Mairead Painter is the Long Term Care Ombudsman for the state of Connecticut and a leader who is building strong community ties in the challenging area of long term care. She brings her expertise to address issues and solutions to Your Care-Your Rights-Your Voice podcast.
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BONUS: VOICES Forum
What are we doing this year for the VOICES Forum is explained in this short bonus episode with Mairead Painter.
HISTORY OF VOICES FORUMIn September of 1996, nursing home resident and activist Carol Rosenwald, with assistance from the Ombudsman Program, began organizing residents across the state to advocate for improvements in the long term care system. Carol envisioned a time when the “VOICES” of nursing home residents could be heard “beyond the walls” of their facilities. She became the founder of the Statewide Coalition of Resident Councils and the driving force behind the first “VOICES” Forum in 1997. As a large group of voting constituents, residents were able to speak directly with political leaders and public officials about important issues affecting their quality of life.
VOICES FORUM TODAYThe VOICES Forum is an annual event which provides an opportunity for Presidents of Resident Councils from around the State to gather and discuss issues and concerns in their homes. The Connecticut Long Term Care Ombudsman Program is the sponsor and partner of the Statewide Coalition of Presidents of Resident Councils and the VOICES Forum. The Coalition of Presidents of Resident Councils is an organization of residents of long term care facilities who work together on the enhancement of the quality of their care and the quality of their lives. The Long Term Care Ombudsman Program supports the Coalition in their efforts to effect positive change in larger systems such as local and state governments.
More information and past Voice Forums: https://portal.ct.gov/LTCOP/Content/Voices-and-Forums/Voices-Main
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Medicare 101
Medicare 101 presents expert information about Medicare benefits and navigating the system from Judith Stein and Kathleen Holt from Center for Medicare Advocacy. The discussion centers around your legal rights and how best to access them when entering a skilled nursing facility, what type of Medicare plans are available and which is best for you, and how advocacy is there for everyone.
Judith Stein is the Executive Director of the Center for Medicare Advocacy, which she founded in 1986. She has focused on legal representation of older people since beginning her legal career in 1975.
From 1977 until 1986, Ms. Stein was the Co-Director of Legal Assistance to Medicare Patients (LAMP) where she managed the first Medicare advocacy program in the country. She has extensive experience in developing and administering Medicare and related advocacy projects and conferences, representing Medicare beneficiaries, producing educational materials, teaching and consulting. She has been lead or co-counsel in numerous federal class action and individual cases challenging improper Medicare policies and denials – including, Jimmo vs. Sebelius, which is opening doors to Medicare coverage and access to care for people with longer-term and chronic conditions.
Kathleen Holt joined The Center for Medicare Advocacy in 2014 as Associate Director. Ms. Holt began her career with CIGNA Insurance Company, developing insurance claim process improvement strategies.
After obtaining her M.B.A. in Healthcare Management from the University of Connecticut, Ms. Holt helped protect patient rights and expand patient services as a hospital administrator – first at New Britain Memorial Hospital in Connecticut, and then at Northwest Hospital in Seattle, Washington. After obtaining her law degree from Seattle University in 1993, Ms. Holt became a Special Assistant United States Attorney for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Seattle. In that position, Ms. Holt authored health law opinions, litigated in federal court, and served as in-house attorney for administrative law judges. In 1997, following the birth of her profoundly disabled second child, Ms. Holt founded a Seattle area law practice to advocate for the needs of older and disabled people. She led this practice until her arrival at the Center for Medicare Advocacy.
Mairead Painter is the Long Term Care Ombudsman for the state of Connecticut and a leader who is building strong community ties in the challenging area of long term care. She brings her expertise to address issues and solutions to Your Care-Your Rights-Your Voice podcast.
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What to Expect
Mairead Painter is the Long Term Care Ombudsman for the state of Connecticut and a leader who is building strong community ties in the challenging area of long term care. She brings her expertise to address issues and solutions to Your Care-Your Rights-Your Voice podcast.
The first episode covers various aspects of long term care and how the conversation begins to bring better understanding to the needs of individuals in long term care as well as their caregivers. Mairead gives an overview of topics that will be broken down in future episodes along with her personal story relating the importance of directives for her father and husband during their long term care.
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Follow on Twitter: @maireadpainter
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https://portal.ct.gov/LTCOP?fbclid=IwAR0X2q0Lqaz-X7lvHu_uXNBMerLeGLpa7YFtk8mlIpQLD1BsccVjAYTYehs
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TRAILER: Your Care - Your Rights - Your Voice with Mairead Painter
Your Care - Your Rights - Your Voice will focus on care choices, the rights you have related to those choices and how to use your voice to get the person-centered care you deserve. Hosted by Mairead Painter, the Connecticut State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, who has been advocating for individuals within the long-term care system for over 25 years.
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Each episode will explore topics related to quality-of-care issues and along with other experts we will break it all down and ensure you are fully informed.
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The podcast will walk through and simplify some of the complex issues and concerns that individuals often face related to their care and their decisions.
Mairead Painter is the Long Term Care Ombudsman for the state of Connecticut and a leader who is building strong community ties in the challenging area of long term care. She brings her expertise to address issues and solutions to Your Care-Your Rights-Your Voice podcast.
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