From the Coordinator’s Desk
From the Coordinator’s Desk offers brief reflections on emerging issues, policy developments, and shared priorities shaping long term care in the District and beyond.
- workforce development
What Would a Long-Term Care System Designed Around People Look Like?
How well are we preparing people for the possibility that they will need long-term care tomorrow? That means improving public understanding. It means making long-term care planning a normal part of aging—not something we avoid until there is an emergency. Today's 40-, 50- and 60-year-olds are also part of the long-term care system of the future. In that sense, there really aren't two groups of people: people who need long-term care and everyone else. There are current consumers and future consumers.
- long term care, system not programs, workforce development
A Different Way Forward: Building a Healthcare Workforce System, Not Another Program
DC simply cannot solve its healthcare workforce crisis one disconnected project at a time.
- Bowser, certified nurse aide amendment act
A Return to the Room, A Coalition in Motion, and a City at a Crossroads
November 2025
Congress may have replaced a shutdown with a continuing resolution (CR), but here in the District, that doesn’t mean our long term care system can exhale.
- Government Shutdown
October 2025
The government shutdown hurts everyone—but the bigger danger may come when it ends. If Democrats give in to GOP budget demands, millions could lose health care, including many here in DC.