Nursing Home Residents’ Rights in the Time of COVID

This program does not carry MCLE credit. It is intended for informational purposes only.

COVID-19 has profoundly affected residents’ abilities to receive visitors, choose their roommates, and has both increased transfers of residents between facilities and complicated efforts to discharge residents who are able to return to their communities. This programwill provide an overview of these essential aspects of residents’ rights, how COVID has impacted policies and practices, and will provide advocacy tips.

Speakers

Moderator: Simeon Goldman, Esq., Disability Rights New York

Judith Grimaldi, Esq., Grimaldi & Yeung, LLP

Suzanne deBeaumont, Open Doors Money Follows the Person Transition Center

Deirdre Garrett-Scott, Long Term Care Ombudsman Program

Lindsay Heckler, Esq., Center for Elder Law and Justice

Daniel Ross, Esq., Mobilization for Justice