Webinar now available: Involuntary Transfer and Discharge from Nursing Homes: Prevention, Advocacy, and Appeals

February 24, 2015

Click on the link below to access a new webinar entitled, Involuntary Transfer and Discharge from Nursing Homes: Prevention, Advocacy, and Appeals.  The webinar discussed strategies and best practices for preventing and advocating for residents facing involuntary discharge from a nursing home, and considered how those strategies, best practices change/stay the same if the resident is in assisted living. The presenters also reviewd best practices for supporting residents and families, identifying legal support, appealing discharge notices, and more.

Lori Smetanka, director of the National Long-Term Care Ombudsman Resource Center (NORC) presented, along with Eric Carlson, Co-Directing Attorney, National Senior Citizens Law Center and Mary Ann Parker, Attorney, DC Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program.

Click here to view the webinar.