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Media Partners and how they daily work to tell our Story for impact.
"Nursing Homes are not storage spaces for disabled and aging humans..."
~Marcella Goheen, September 12, 2024
Recent Essential Media Alerts
2024 ~ Media Alert for Four Years Later...
2024 ~ https://cbs6albany.com/news/local/as-wait-for-independent-report-continues-lawmakers-push-for-passage-of-covid-commission-pandemic-response-nursing-home-death-19-capitol-albany-governor
2023 ~ https://cbs6albany.com/news/local/advocates-urge-new-york-to-prioritize-nursing-home-staffing-crisis-in-2024
Our Founder Media Partner Addressing Staffing Crisis, December 2022
https://cbs6albany.com/news/local/nys-nursing-home-minimum-staffing-law-has-taken-effect-but-not-yet-enforced-hochul-understaffed-covid
“My mom is my hero. She worked on all sides of the long-term care industry. Once she said to me, ‘You see all these people? Some of them have family. Some of them don't. But now it's our responsibility to take care of them.’ And so from the get-go, I wasn't afraid of entering a community of care where there were disabled or elderly residents. I guess it’s just in my DNA.”
Marcella Goheen, Founder of Essential Care Visitor, speaking with
Experience Care’s Peter Murphy Lewis on LTC Heroes (link to interview)
May, 2022
"It doesn't cost a penny to care - it's a choice", states Marcella Goheen,
Founder of Essential Care Visitor. March 18, 2022
March 22, 2022 ~ Essential Care Visitor
https://13wham.com/news/local/nursing-home-advocates-call-for-change-following-state-comptroller-audit
January, 2022
Our Call for the National Guard to New York State Nursing Homes
https://13wham.com/news/local/advocacy-group-calls-on-state-to-provide-more-help-to-nursing-homes
https://wnyt.com/health/long-term-care-advocates-want-national-guard-to-help-with-staffing-essential-care-visitor/6359067/
January 7, 2022
https://13wham.com/news/local/gov-hochul-unveils-new-rules-for-nursing-home-visitors
2021
November 21, 2021
“It’s written. It’s clear, and there is no debate,” Essential Care Visitor Founder,
Marcella Goheen
Spectrum News 1
“For almost two years, families have been under the directive of the government…telling us when we can put our hands on our loved ones,” said Marcella Goheen
"We went to hell and back..." NY POST
New York State Visitation Guidance Defers to CMS (11/12/2021) plus MASK REQUIREMENTS
WE ARE IN AFTER NEARLY Two YEARS....