We've Changed Our Name:
TLC4LongTermCare has added the word "Residents" to its name to more accurately describe who we are and what we do. In the past, we have often been confused with insurance companies that sell long-term care insurance and that is somethins that we certainly want to avoid.
Although TLC 4 Long Term Care Residents is our official title, we are keeping the tlc4ltc acronym in our logo and website domain name for the time being
Our Focus:
The Nursing Home Reform Law of 1987 requires that each nursing home “care for it’s residents in such a manor and in such an environment as will promote maintenance or enhancement of the quality of life of each resident.
TLC4LTCR promotes the concept of “Culture Change”, because it carries out the intent of the law. The nationwide “Culture Change” trend attempts to change the physical environment of the nursing home from an institution to a home and to change care from staff centered to resident centered. Culture change requires major changes: change in government policy and regulation; change in attitudes of individuals and society towards aging and elders and change in the attitudes and behavior of caregivers for whom they give care.
TLC4LTCR is a member of the Virginia Culture Change Coalition (VCCC), a statewide coalition whose goal is to foster improved and meaningful quality of life for individuals in multiple care settings. Its initial focus is on long term care.
The Nursing Home Alternative Project (NHAP), although still a major component of our effort to get quality care for our vulnerable nursing home residents, is “on hold” due to the current economic situation. We hope that building separate group-style homes that offer quality care will be coming in the near future. In the meantime, we are working to change the climate in the existing institutional type homes today.
(Click)
Click anywhere in here to close window...
TLC4LTC is an ALL VOLUNTEER organization working to improve the care of Virginia's nursing home residents. We rely on donations to pay for costs associated with this website, mailing, dues to NCCNHR and other supportive organizations, co-sponsorship of a yearly conference, room rentals for educational meetings, etc. No donated money is spent frivolously. Our coffers have become extremely low and we are in need of your financial support. If you have ever been involved with anyone needing nursing home care, if you ever think you might be, or if you are in agreement with our cause, please support our work towards making the lives of your loved ones better. Make your check payable to: TLC4LTC and send it to: TLC4ltc, PO Box 523323, Springfield VA 22152.
