Assisted Living Feedback Forum Set at YSU

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The Ohio Department of Aging will host an Assisted Living Feedback Forum at Youngstown State University on Aug. 29.

The forum will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Chestnut Room of Kilcawley Center.

It’s one of seven forums the department will host throughout the state in an effort to improve the lives of assisted living facility residents. ODA seeks opinions from assisted living residents and their loved ones as well as facility staff and administrators.

During the session, attendees will be able to discuss their experiences in selecting an assisted living facility. Then they will have access to a prototype of “Version 2.0” of what is currently called Ohio’s Nursing Home Quality Navigator. 

Register HERE to attend the forum.

The feedback forums will be similar in setup to the listening sessions that ran as part of the Governor’s Nursing Quality & Accountability Task Force in 2023. The Task Force’s Recommendations Report, released in May 2023, laid the foundation for the governor and General Assembly to pass a package of nursing home investments and policy reforms as part of the state operating budget.

Among other items, the report included a recommendation to develop a public-facing dashboard with detailed data and information on nursing home quality. That dashboard became the Nursing Home Quality Navigator. The navigator’s first major expansion in Version 2.0 will be the inclusion of assisted living facilities.

Published by The Business Journal, Youngstown, Ohio.