A Note from Gwyn
And just like that, it is December! I’m not sure I have ever had a busier year that has gone by in such a flash as this one has. I hope that all of you had a lovely Thanksgiving holiday and spent it with the ones you love and that all the calories were removed from all your favorite dishes!
As this year begins to wind down, your association is very busy mapping out the best plan for the future. The LATN Exploratory Committee is busy conducting interviews from the many resumes we received for our Executive Director position. We have been thrilled with the high number of quality applicants that have expressed their interest and we hope to make a decision sometime this month. We are also busy with our 2025 invoice billing. Expect to see those this month and as always, reach out if you have any questions.
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Chief Strategy & Implementation Officer, HutsonWood
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At our annual meeting on October 28th, the membership voted in two new board of directors, Tim Buist and Rick Borofski. The Governance Committee spends a great deal of time meeting with potential new board members and I believe the addition of Tim and Rick makes our great team even greater. Read more about them here.
I can truly say I believe 2025 will be one of our very best years and I look forward to telling you more about the great things going on in the near future. Until then, I hope your communities and businesses enjoy every minute of this month full of festivities and events. There’s just something about this season that makes everything merry and bright! Enjoy it all!
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Gwyn E. Earl
Executive Director
LeadingAge Tennessee
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TDH/LTCF State Update Call | November 13, 2024
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Session Speaker Alert | Proposals for the 2025 Annual Meeting are Due December 9. A friendly reminder: the 2025 Call for Sessions is open and accepting submissions until December 9! We loved seeing you in Nashville in October and hope to see you at the 2025 LeadingAge Annual Meeting, scheduled for November 2–5, 2025, in Boston, MA, and held in conjunction with the Global Ageing Network’s biennial conference. Late proposals cannot be considered for review, so do not miss the opportunity and submit your proposals by December 9, 2024!
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Analysis: Updates to Long-Term Care Surveyor Guidance. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued updates to long-term care surveyor guidance located in Appendix PP of the State Operations Manual on November 18. These updates, scheduled to be implemented in February 2025, cover several key areas of the Requirements of Participation and reflect changes in practice and areas of focus by CMS over the past few years. LeadingAge highlights some of the more significant changes and their implications here.
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LeadingAge Lawsuit Update: Advocates File Friend of the Court Briefs in Support of CMS Rule. On November 25, advocates filed two friend-of-the-court briefs in support of the cross-motion for summary judgment, filed November 18 by the Department of Justice on behalf of HHS and CMS, arguing that the nursing home minimum staffing rule should be upheld. The first was filed by SEIU, and the second by a group consisting of AARP, AARP Foundation, American Nurses Association, California Advocates For Nursing Home Reform, the Center For Medicare Advocacy, The Long Term Care Community Coalition, Justice In Aging, and the National Consumer Voice For Quality Long-Term Care. Links to these filings are available in our Nursing Home Staffing Mandates serial post.
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New YIMBY Caucus. On November 20, a bipartisan group of House members established a new “Yes In My Back Yard” (YIMBY) Caucus to promote policies that encourage new housing development in order to tackle the nationwide affordable housing and homelessness crisis. The caucus will serve as an “ideas factory” to address the severe shortage of affordable housing at the federal level and will also work to convene conversations with local and state leaders who also determine housing policy. LeadingAge looks forward to working with the caucus on our shared goals to preserve, expand, and improve the supply of affordable housing. Read more here.
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2024 Elections: Impact on Aging Services. How will the results of November 5 alter the federal aging services policy landscape? LeadingAge experts weigh in. Read more in this members-only analysis, available here.
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LeadingAge National Policy Pulse (Member Update Call).
Please join LeadingAge’s members-only briefing and analysis call, National Policy Pulse, with our experts every Monday at 2:30 PM CT. Members will now get updates from LeadingAge experts on policy, workforce, and more on Mondays on the Pulse. Your registration will keep you on the list for all calls in 2024, and we’ll send a new registration link to members for calls in 2025 so you never miss a beat.
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Reminder: CMS December Forum | HOPE Tool for Hospice. Join CMS on December 12, 12–1 p.m. CT, as they host an Introductory Webinar to the Hospice Outcomes and Patient Evaluation (HOPE) tool, including a Q&A session. Register here.
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Supporting I/DD Participants with Dementia. The Administration on Community Living (ACL) funds the National Alzheimer’s and Dementia Resource Center (NADRC), which will provide a webinar for adult day services providers on serving individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities (I/DD) and dementia. The December 9 webinar, scheduled for 2 PM CT, will feature Abbey Such and Eunice Howard of The Arc Jacksonville, who will discuss the increased prevalence of dementia among the I/DD population and how to prepare providers and caregivers for future care and services needs. Learn more and register here.
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Special Thanks to our Platinum and Gold Partners
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Our Business Partners have all the tools you need! Email [email protected] and she will be happy to connect with you with the right people who offer real solutions to your needs!
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Contact Info:
Gwyn E. Earl
Executive Director
[email protected]
P.O. Box 14638
Knoxville, TN 37914
865.748.4932
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