The Administration for Community Living (ACL) and The National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care are co-hosting a webinar on COVID-19 boosters to support safe visitation and promote family connections for long-term care residents on Friday, February 4, 2022 at 3:30 PM ET/2:30 PM CT/12:30 PM PT.
The webinar will explore the important role families play in residentsβ decisions to get boosters and how families can help their loved ones get fully protected. It also will discuss strategies for ACLβs networks to effectively engage families on the importance of boosters. Speakers from CMS and the White House COVID-19 Response Team also will share the latest information on boosters. Join to get your questions answered.
Speakers include:
- Alison Barkoff, Principal Deputy Administrator, Administration for Community Living
- Lori Smetanka, Executive Director, National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care
- Dr. Cameron Webb, Senior Policy Advisor for Equity on the White House COVID-19 Team
- Evan Shulman, Director, Division of Nursing Homes, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Mark Miller, President, National Association of State LTC Ombudsman Programs
American Sign Language and CART will be provided. Please contact Marcia Gordon at marcia.gordon@acl.hhs.gov by Wednesday, Feb. 2 if you need any other accommodations to participate.
Register for the zoom webinar to tune in.
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