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Bodies in motion stay in motion. This is a great program for vulnerable adults and their families.

Inspiring communities through movement and conversation With an aim to make health and happiness accessible to everyone, Walk with a Doc offers free walking programs in communities around the world led by local doctors, healthcare providers, or medical students. These ongoing events allow participants to safely walk, learn about current health topics, an...

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Speak Up AZ! | It's Our Responsibility. Speak Up AZ! - Raising awareness about abuse, neglect, and exploitation of vulnerable adults in Arizona. Take action, support victims, create change!

Good News for vulnerable Arizonans. This new law will make EMS more efficient, save lives and honor wishes.

Chapter 0156 - 561R - H Ver of SB1157 amending title 36, chapter 4, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 36-420.04; relating to health care institutions.

New Arizona law requires lifesaving measures in assisted living facilities - https://ktar.com/story/4388193/new-arizona-law-requires-lifesaving-measures-in-assisted-living-facilities/

Steve Wagner is one of the thousands of Arizona firefighters who supported the bill. With 19 years on a firetruck, Wagner has responded to several 911 calls connected to the issue this bill works to fix.

We are so proud of our founder, Steve Wagner for being recognized by former Governor Doug Ducey for his hard work and dedication to promote positive change for our most vulnerable population in Arizona! Well done!

Please remember The RightCare Foundation when considering your AZ Tax Credit donation for 2023! With your support we can make a change in the lives of everyone with Best Practice Care!

Please donate here- https://rightcare.org/donations/

I founded RightCare Foundation in 2010. I am Steve Wagner, a firefighter paramedic in your community. You may not be aware that our response times have doubled to almost 9 minutes. We ran over 720,000 calls in metro Phoenix last year. Population growth and homelessness by choice are contributing to this truth. We ALL want to respond when you need us. The fact is we are encumbered by many non-emergent calls that keep us from being available for your emergency. Please engage so we can save you and your family if and when you need us.

And this is why RightCare Exists....

(NEWSER) – American society is in the early stages of a "silver tsunami," with adults over 65 expected to outnumber children by 2035. Demand for nursing homes will surge, as will revenues for those who operate such facilities, writes Yasmin Rafiei for the New Yorker. It’s an irresistible business opportunity for private equity groups and other for-profit companies, which collectively own about 70% of nursing homes. Many states have lax standards, and federal staffing requirements for such facilities are set at one registered nurse during the day and one licensed practical nurse in the evening, regardless of the number of residents. Rafiei’s take: Elderly Americans will likely suffer and die in the name of profit. She gives a real-world example.
For 147 years, the nuns at St. Joseph’s Home for the Aged in Richmond, Virginia, maintained a pristine facility imbued with warmth and love. It was one of 52 US homes run by the Little Sisters of the Poor, but they sold off many as the number of nuns in their ranks dropped. In June 2021, St. Joseph's was bought by the private equity firm Portopiccolo Group, which now operates 130 homes. The home's aquarium and aviary were pulled, and the quality of food sharply decreased. More concerningly, care allegedly declined, with Rafiei writing of "briefs so saturated with urine they’d turned brown" by the time they were changed in the morning. As Rafiei explains, staffing tends to be the top operating expense, so when private equity steps in, staffing is usually cut. Prior to the sale, the home managed to keep its COVID count to four infections and no deaths; in Portopiccolo's first four months, there were 17 infections and 6 deaths. (Read the full story here.)

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Preventing falls saves lives

Honored to represent vulnerable Arizonans today

https://azpbs.org/horizon/2022/03/col-wright-discusses-arizona-veterans-hiring-initiative/

Col. Wright discusses Arizona Veterans hiring initiative The veteran hiring initiative aims to increase the percentage of veterans in the state's workforce from 8.5 percent to 15 percent by 2025

From our friends at AARP

AARP Arizona Long-Term Care Video AARP Arizona has produced a video detailing the current state of the Long-Term Care system and some of the biggest problems that plague it.

Honoring wishes is the right thing to do.

Arizona Healthcare Directives Registry (AzHDR) Let's Be Direct.

Here is Arizona's healthcare industry outlook for 2022 - AZ Big Media Here's a small sampling of the ways healthcare has been impacted in the last two years and Arizona's healthcare industry outlook for 2022.

Vulnerable Arizonans deserve better

7 months after Gov. Doug Ducey tried to can Arizona nursing home board, members may be staying put Gov. Ducey fired the nursing home board after faulty COVID-19 decisions. But a committee to improve oversight now thinks the board should stay.

Happy Hanukkah to everyone celebrating today! Enjoy your time with family and friends! From our family to yours...

We GIVE THANKS to GOD in FAITH of what is to come.
WE GIVE THANKS...FOR YOU
From our family to yours,
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Governor Ducey Invests $400,000 For Infant CPR Anytime Kits PHOENIX — Governor Doug Ducey today invested $400,000 to provide local neonatal intensive care units with CPR training kits.

RIP United States Army General Colin Powell

Meet McKenzie! Our awesome volunteer today!! ❤️

RightCate at ASU today! Conducting a skills lab for audiology students!!

RightCare is doing great work. Join us to save lives and improve quality of life for older Americans.

RightCare FD Lift Assist We all deserve Better,We all deserve the RightCare

Those who gave us life and raised us deserve to be well taken care of. Thank you AARP for standing up for older Americans.

Stiffer Penalties for Nursing Home Violations Restored A federal policy that limited fines for long-term care health and safety violations has been reversed following a lawsuit from AARP Foundation.

Narcan is free and ANYONE in Arizona can give this LIFE SAVING medicine prior to arrival of EMS with good samaritan liability protection. Everyone, including Behavioral Health Assisted Living Home caregivers can save lives with Narcan. Reference Arizona Revised Statutes 36-420.

What is NARCAN® (naloxone) Nasal Spray Information for patients about what NARCAN® (naloxone) Nasal Spray is and a video on how NARCAN® Nasal Spray can help reverse an opioid overdose.

Older Arizonans deserve better

Woman says Mesa care facility under investigation lost track of her husband "He could have been out in a car in 110 degrees and they wouldn't have found him."