AARP Vermont  +  Cathedral Square  +  Community of Vermont Elders  +  Living Well Group + Vermont Association of Adult Day Services
Vermont Association of Area Agencies on Aging + Vermont Catholic Charities, Inc.  +  Vermont Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association
Vermont Health Care Association  +  VNAs of Vermont

Vermont’s long-term care statistics are sobering

• One in three personal care attendant positions at home health agencies are vacant.

• Three of 14 adult day centers have closed due to staffing issues.

• Ten Vermont residential care homes have closed since the pandemic began.

Our coalition of care and advocacy organizations recognizes this is an unsustainable situation. The failure of Vermonters to maintain a system with competent, affordable and reliable care for an aging population will doom future generations to profound social, economic and workforce crises. It’s time we take this essential need seriously.

To learn more about this issue, contact COVE Executive Director Ruby Baker at [email protected].

When writing to an elected official:

• Always give your name and the town where you live, especially if you are a constituent of theirs. They want to hear from you!

• Make your request clear.

• Share your own story.

• If you don't hear back, you can nudge them. They should listen to you. You are a voter! You can find out who your legislators are at: legislature.vermont.gov/people

• It is helpful to contact all of your legislators, no matter their involvement currently with the bill. If all goes well, they will see it sometime this session. We need to convince them that this is a priority!

Read the LTCCC’s response to the 2023 Vermont Governor’s Inaugural Address

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