Stephen Yenchek, president and CEO of Friendship Senior Optionsĭuring the meetings, members urged their member of Congress to Act for Older Adults by supporting a relief package that includes:.Vida M Wojewski, asset manager, Catholic Charities Housing, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago.Beth McGowan Welch, executive director, Park Place of Elmhurst.Greg Watson, director of housing operations, Embrace Living Communities.Antwaun Smith, associate vice president, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago.David Opitz, senior director of mission services, Embrace Living Communities.Dawn Mondschein, executive director, Central Baptist Village, Norridge.Ralph Gaines, CEO of Embrace Living Communities.Special thanks to the following members for taking part in these meetings and their leadership in informing legislators of the needs of providers and residents: Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-8th District Schaumburg). Representative Michael Quigley (D-5th District Chicago) and U.S. During the public health emergency, members have continued to educate legislators on the needs of older adult care and service providers and the residents they serve through our virtual visits. Since its inception in 2006, the LeadingAge Illinois Partners in Quality campaign has had over 700 legislative visits at member communities throughout the state. These cards should be used to supplement PCR testing or POC antigen tests to lessen the burden and rotate the type of tests used. There will be 750,000 to nursing homes in red/yellow zone counties. In addition, HHS purchasing 150 million antigen tests on the Abbott card, using nasal swabs that will be distributing next week. Overall, antigen tests are acceptable under FDA and states should accept them as if they do not they are violating a federal mandate. Please follow the August 24 FDA FAQ and the Aug 28 CMS statement and use antigen testing on asymptomatic individuals and review the PREP ACT coverage. There was a discussion regarding asymptomatic testing. A call is scheduled this week with BD outlets so that nursing homes are prioritized. Once the initial supply of tests are used, providers can use the PRF funding to acquire testing kits from the two vendors. He also discussed using the antigen test kits to test residents 1X and staff 2x under this initiative. This week, 507 instruments with 192,000 tests will be sent to nursing homes. Giroir, MD, reported that to date 13,477 testing instruments have been sent to 13,343 nursing homes as well as 4.7 million tests. She stressed the call to action to nursing homes for infection control, testing and training to continue to mitigate the spread of COVID. Seema Verma and the CMS survey team gave a broad overview of the Interim Final Rule and the Infection Control Training Program. Lee Fleisher, MD, Chief Medical Officer, CMS.Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Giroir, MD, Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Redfield, MD, Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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