The Seven Most Important Things to Know About Long Term Care

This presentation will review the most important things for long term care consumers or their families to know to maximize their quality of life and minimize their expenses.  We will review everything from long term care options (with a special focus on receiving care in your own home) and ensuring quality care to resolving disputes and opportunities to advocate for broader policy change.  

Presenter: Tony Chicotel is from Huron, Ohio and a graduate of Muskingum University (B.A.) The Ohio State University College of Law (J.D.) and the University of California School of Public Policy (MPP). Since 2006, Tony has worked for California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, also known as CANHR. His primary work is to promote the rights of residents in long term care facilities – through litigation, legislation, regulatory policy, and consumer education. Tony’s focus areas include: civil rights, eviction defense, dementia care, incapacity and decisionmaking, conservatorship, and end-of-life care.

This webinar is funded by Alameda County Department of Adult and Aging Services, Contra Costa County Area Agency on Aging, the City of San Francisco’s Department of Disability and Aging Services, San Mateo County Aging and Adult Services, Sourcewise, and the California Department of Aging.