Allocate reimbursement for the employees of long-term care specify its use for salaries, not the corporation for the staff. Help those looking for a career aspire to serve in long-term care. Anyone can flip a burger, it takes hearts to care for our nation's elderly. Be the leaders that change the value we place on our elders and those who care for them. Quality not quantity will affect the well being of our patients.
Laws mandate bodies, our patients deserve hearts.
Recognize this industry and it's employees for the valuable service they provide. Create a partnership with us to care. Remove the adversaries who make a living criminalizing our people. I ask the Committee to look to Florida and what the legislature and our Agency for Health Care Administration is doing to improve the environment for those working and living in nursing homes. Last May, the Governor signed a bill into law that gave us real tools to better serve our patients.