Nursing Home Transition
2021-2022 Transition priorities and resources:
*Relocation of Congregate Settings Sign on Letter 2020 COVID
*This letter is for public use in relocating individuals from congregate settings in these COVID unprecedented times.
Navigating the FEMA Emergency Relocation Reimbursement Process:
This session will address nursing home transition during emergencies. Attendees will learn what works, what doesn't, steps needed in order to be successful when requesting reimbursement from FEMA / State EMAs for your transition work and how to establish an MOU with your State EMA.
Presentation Materials:
- County EMA MOU Addendum Example
- audio description for video played in session
- Video Here: https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/608492258/b03d9e8ba8
- Timeline of CILNCP Correspondence navigating FEMA Public Assistance
- Powerpoint presentation from FEMA Reimbursement Session
Recording:
- Recording of FEMA presentation with slides, ASL, and Speakers make sure you are in gallery view and not in full screen mode to see all of them
- Recording of speakers and ASL only NO SLIDES or VIDEOS for larger ASL access Please use slide deck above and link for video
Resources from the Presenters
FEMA Resources
- Public Assistance Program and Policy Guide, Version 4, EffectiveJune 1, 2020
- Addendum: Delivering Personal Assistance Services in Congregate and Non-Congregate Sheltering
- COVID-19 In Nursing Homes Report, May 2021
Save Institutional Lives Via Emergency Relocation (SILVER) Task Force
- SILVER task force summary
- Call to Action to Governors, June 2020
- ‘Dying in Place’ webinar, June 2020
- Letter to Congress, Nov 2020
- Letter to CMS/ACL,March 2021
- NLIHC letter to FEMA, March 2021
Stakeholders forum, July 2021:
- Contact: Fran Tobin:
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Roads To Freedom Center for Independent Living of North Central PA: Contact: Misty Dion:
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - World Institute on Disability: Contact: Marcie Roth:
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies
- InfoGraphic: Life Saving and Life Sustaining Actions Needed Immediately
- InfoGraphic: COVID-19 & Institutions (Dec 2020)
- Disability Stakeholder Meeting with FEMA Administrator Criswell (Aug 2021)
- REPORT: Failures in COVID-19 Response Harm People with Disabilities and Older Adults
- Join a Daily COVID-19 Disability Rights Call at 6pm ET: Contact: Shaylin Sluzalis & Germán Parodi:
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Disability Data Advocates Taking Action (DisDATA): Contact:
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Montana Rural InstituteMontana Rural Institute Montana Rural Institute Research Brief: People with Disabilities Still at Risk in Congregate CareSettings, August 2021: Contact:
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Long Term Care Facility Resident Relief Package 2020:
Check out the advocacy around relocation efforts for long term care facilities.