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LDH: Feeding Louisiana to become provider for food program serving seniors
The Louisiana Commodity Supplemental Food Program is transitioning after 38 years with Catholic Charities.
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Direct support workers will receive bonus payments for serving waiver participants during the pandemic
The Louisiana Department of Health received federal approval on July 22 to begin issuing bonus payments to direct support workers who served waiver participants during the pandemic. LDH's Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities (OCDD) and Office of Aging and Adult Services (OAAS) released the first round of federal funding on July 25 to agencies to provide the bonus payments to eligible workers.
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Louisiana awarded BOLD Grant to support and improve Alzheimer's care
Provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the funding will be used to implement effective Alzheimer's interventions, including boosting early detection and diagnosis, reducing risk and preventing avoidable hospitalizations.
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Request for Information for Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)
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LDH takes formal regulatory action against 7 nursing homes that failed to execute an evacuation plan that upheld residents' human dignity
Inhumane care, lack of communication, intimidation of public officials and obstruction of health assessment result in revocation of licenses and termination of Medicaid agreement
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Louisiana State Health Officer orders immediate closure of nursing homes that evacuated to Independence facility
Individuals looking for loved ones evacuated from one of the seven nursing homes should call 211, which is coordinating with LDH’s Office of Aging and Adult Services which directly helps to connect families.
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Louisiana Department of Health releases initial implementation plan for Department of Justice agreement
The Department of Health’s implementation plan follows a review by the Department of Justice in December 2016 that claimed Louisiana was unnecessarily relying on nursing facilities to serve people with serious mental illness.
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Louisiana nursing facilities see dramatic improvement in pressure ulcer prevention
A training program to reduce the incidence of pressure ulcers in Louisiana nursing facilities has resulted in some dramatic improvements, moving the state from 50th in the United States in 2016 to 42nd in the first quarter of 2018.