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Legislation would require nursing homes offer virtual visitation
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A Senate bill making its way through the state legislature would require all nursing homes in the state to offer virtual visits for residents.
Senate Bill 2137 is a response to the increased social isolation stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Our state’s most vulnerable residents in nursing homes have suffered the worst during this pandemic, with over 77,000 COVID-19 positive cases and more than 10,300 deaths,” said Lori Hendren, AARP Illinois’ associate director. “There should not be any hesitation from elected officials to act now to offer a simple, humane source of comfort for these residents access to the voices and faces of the people they love at a time when they feel most alone.”
Senior Groups, State Officials Demand Virtual Visits with Loved Ones for Home Residents
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill., April 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Moved by tragic stories from older adults in nursing homes across the state who have not been able to connect with their loved ones or join religious events during the COVID-19 pandemic, Illinois lawmakers and advocacy group leaders on Tuesday urged passage of a bill that requires virtual visitation options at long-term care facilities.
In a virtual press conference,
Senate Bill 2137 sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins (D-16), co-sponsor Sen. Donald P. DeWitte (R-33), Rep. Anna Moeller (D-43), State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Kelly Richards, AARP Illinois State Director Bob Gallo, and Alzheimer s Association Illinois Chapter Director of State Affairs Director David S. Olsen demanded approval of the law ensuring nursing home resident have the right to connect virtually with the family an
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CHICAGO, Feb. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ As older adults anxiously await vaccines to protect them, African American/Black, Latino and Asian American older adults in Chicago and statewide
are getting sick and dying of COVID-19 at rates much higher than their share of the population, according to new data from AARP Illinois, the Chicago Urban League, The Resurrection Project and Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago released today.
The sobering statistics – evidence that longstanding inequities have only been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic – have prompted the creation of a collaboration to urge officials and influencers across the state to find ways to create systemic policy changes on behalf of, and with, older adults of color.