Educate ’08 is an educational advocacy program developed by the Texas Health Care Association (THCA) to inform communities, political candidates and elected officials about important long term care issues facing our great state and the nation. The program provides a unique opportunity for nursing home residents, families, and caregivers to provide candidates and elected officials with a front-line perspective of the impact of federal and state legislative decisions on long term care.
As part of Educate ’08, THCA is working with its members to encourage political candidates to tour their facilities – thereby learning more about what types of specialized services nursing homes provide – and participate in informal briefings or “meet and greet” sessions with residents, family members and caregivers to discuss pressing issues facing long term care in Texas. These visits do not constitute political endorsements, but rather are an effort to help Texas’ office-seekers better understand the plight of their most vulnerable constituents who rely on long term care for quality of care and quality of life.
Read more about Educate ’08. [Click to link to press release]
Below are links to materials from facility events with candidates across Texas. For more information about Educate ’08 and upcoming events, please contact Leticia Caballero at LCaballero@txhca.org.
Hacienda
Oaks Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Tour and Briefing with State Representative
Edmund Kuempel (R-Seguin)
Seguin, August
28, 2008
Read the press release [Click to link to press release]
Brenham
Rest Home Tour and Briefing with State Representative Lois Kolkhorst (R-Brenham)
Brenham, August 19, 2008
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Vivian’s
Nursing Center and Palo Duro Nursing Center Tours and Briefings with State
Senator Kel Seliger (R- Amarillo) and State Representative Warren Chisum (R-Pampa)
Amarillo and
Claude, August 11, 2008
Read the press release [Click to link to press release]
Trisun
Care Center Regency House Tour and Briefing with State Representative Drew Darby
(R-San Angelo)
San Angelo,
July 24, 2008
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La Hacienda
Health Center Tour and Briefing with State Representative Eddie Lucio III
(D-Brownsville)
Harlingen,
June 10, 2008
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Green Oaks
Nursing Facility Tour and Briefing with State Representative Diane Patrick
(R-Arlington)
Arlington,
April 8, 2008
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Heritage Place Nursing
Home Tour and Briefing with Mike Anderson (R-Mesquite)
February 2, 2008
Mesquite
Read the press release
[Click to link to press release]
See the photos
[Click to link to event photos]
Trisun Care
Center-River Ridge Nursing Home Tour and Briefing with Rep. Abel Herrero
(D-Robstown)
February 12, 2008
Corpus Christi
Read the press release
[Click to link to press release]
West Oaks
Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center Tour and Briefing with Rep. Valinda Bolton
(D-Austin)
February 14, 2008
Austin
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See the photos
[Click to link to event photos]
Quality Care of Waco
Forum
February 19, 2008
Waco
Read the press release
[Click to link to press release]
See the photos
[Click to link to event photos]