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As a servant both in the clinical and operations capacity to this industry for over 15 years, I am saddened that we are unable to find common ground or a reasonable plan to address the staffing crisis we face. Exceptional operators, and human beings, like Sarah Schumann, do strive to provide the best care and quality of life to the aging population. I have had the privilege to know Sarah through the years and she is an incredible person, and amazing advocate for our industry. Some operators do not have the same level of care and compassion and operational health that Sarah Schumann and her organization hold. These operators are generally negligent (yes, I will say it)and manipulate staffing ratios to the bare minimum as an effort to increase their bottom line and to recoup poor financial management choices. They demonstrate behavior that aligns with an attention to bonus structures rather than with how many CNA‘s they are staffing or willing to staff on a night shift on their dementia/memory care neighborhood. When the corporate structure includes vendors who are all related to the owners, more vice presidents for “every position you can think of” and a large and growing home office that is working virtually to “support” communities- and I struggle to get an additional CNA to provide direct resident care, I have a problem with that. We need to make nursing programs affordable and incorporate more clinical time along with schooling, such as the models our unions and technical programs demonstrate. These are similar to the approach Florence Nightingale and early schools of nursing demonstrated. We need to make the work environment safe and fulfilling so staff want to continue coming back. We struggle with that today. We must address and hold accountable negligent operators, who are intentionally short staffing their communities placing residents and staff at extraordinary risk for harm and causing actual harm. I believe these negligent operators are the catalyst of the staffing mandate. We have two groups of operators functioning in our communities today. Operator such a Sarah Schumann who are doing everything in their power to create a pipeline for staffing to care for our residents. Then we have a large group of operators who are intentionally staffing at an unacceptable ratio, causing harm to our resident and burn out among our staff. Create pipelines for reasonable or free healthcare education for nurses, CNAs and other healthcare professionals, provide livable wages, ensure safe staffing ratios. Hold negligent operators responsible and remove them from the industry.

Over the last two years, Blue Cross NC, led by our CEO, Tunde Sotunde, embarked on our Extra Miles Tour. This was an effort to get out of our offices, hit the road (we traveled more than 11,000 miles!) and #listen to the communities and people we #serve.   I’m proud to share with you Blue Cross NC's Extra Miles Tour report.   This was no ordinary listening tour. The conversations and experiences we had along the way are helping us think outside the box. We're exploring how we engage with the communities we serve and where there are new opportunities to convene and collaborate. This report outlines some of the key takeaways from our journey. The lessons and observations gathered here (plus the great ideas that we couldn’t share in such a limited space) are helping us create the roadmap for our work ahead and providing a better picture of where to focus resources and energies.   This report represents an important milestone, but it isn’t a wrap-up by any stretch of the imagination. It’s the first step in the next leg of our journey to make health care better for all. Stay tuned to see what's next! https://lnkd.in/dd4JZThf

One of the best articulations I have seen on this important issue.

"Deep listening, letting the community guide you, allowing the people who are deeply impacted to be able to find space, to find solutions is exactly what our communities need to change." Lu Hill, Community Engagement and Strategy director for EHF, reflects on the meaning of EHF's Equity Healing Framework and how it guides our work in community. Learn more about our Equity Healing Framework: https://lnkd.in/gTEgUt3p https://lnkd.in/dmdCdsvQ

Thanks for elevating equity across systems, especially in healthcare!

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Health Equity! Visión y Compromiso will close the gap in public health care and social services, family by family, in Boyle Heights in Los Angeles, CA. Our partnership with Rising Communities, WHITE MEMORIAL COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER (WMCHC), and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health aims to provide neighborhood-level intervention to close the gap in addressing social determinants of health and build health equity. Visión y Compromiso is one of 10 community-based organizations to partner with Rising Communities along with 10 healthcare partners in 10 high-priority, service areas throughout Los Angeles County, to implement the Community Public Health Teams (CPHT) Pilot Project. This project aims to build long-term relationships with at least 80,000 households in Los Angeles County. Visión y Compromiso will coordinate with other service providers in Boyle Heights to provide outreach, engagement, and services to families. “By designing a long-term partnership with community-based organizations and health care partners to conduct household and community services, Public Health is expanding the public health workforce and building infrastructure for a community-based system of care.” Department of Public Health. To learn more about Community Public Health Teams (CPHT) visit https://lnkd.in/g7SxpY5p #healthequity #dignifiedlife #socialdeterminantsofhealth

The 2024 Palliative Care in Queensland Priorities report has seven points of priority for PCQ. Priority 4 focuses on growing initiatives that educate and engage the community to build compassionate communities. Queensland must look to growing community support for people choosing to stay in their own homes or in another community setting throughout their palliative care journey and increasingly at the end of life. Read more about the key focus areas for this priority ➡️ https://ow.ly/4xSS50RhGLt

We are committed to improving the health and well-being of our members and communities throughout Montana. Our 2023 #SocialResponsibility Report shows how we are expanding access to care, operating responsibly, and making an impact: http://spr.ly/6042V6UT2