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Our Mission
TANHR'S
Accomplishments
Membership
The Founding of
TANHR
How to contact
TANHR
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ABOUT TANHR
TANHR is not associated with
or funded by any nursing home or health care company. TANHR does not give out,
trade, or sell our membership list.
TANHR sponsors a variety
of educational programs.
Examples include:
* Crimes in long-term care
* Current changes in nursing home legislation
* Residents' Rights presentations, including in-services for
. .. nursing home staff
* Role of Family Councils and how to organize them
* Enforcement of nursing home regulations
TANHR also publishes newsletters informing our members of current developments and news
items on various topics of interest to nursing home residents. Board members visit nursing
home residents and encourage visitation by families, friends, and volunteers.
In the past year, many families contacted TANHR about receiving 30-day notices from the
facility to transfer their resident to another facility. Most families are afraid to
appeal the notices. They feel threatened by the staff and are afraid to file an appeal for
fear of abuse to the resident or that the facility will say they do not qualify for a
medical necessity.
In August 2005, TANHR members assisted in care of the Katrina Hurricane residents coming
from Houston on buses to Dallas County. We supplied information to Katrina evacuee
residents and donated food and clothing to resident victims.
TANHR is a member of the National Citizens' Coalition for Nursing Home Reform. We work
with them on national issues affecting residents in Texas nursing homes.
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MEMBERSHIP
TANHR needs your support. Our only source of funding
is through membership contributions and other donations. Your contributions enable us to maintain this Web site and our
office, as well as other activities. We depend solely on the generosity of people
like you to continue much of our work. We appreciate your help, and suggest you use
a form like this:
I am enclosing [$25 or $50 or other].
Name___________________ Telephone_________
Address___________________________________
E-mail____________________________________
Donation in memory of_______________________
or in honor of_____________________________
Please make
your check payable to TANHR and send to the
address below. A brochure about TANHR is available upon request.
THE
FOUNDING OF TANHR
Texas Advocates for Nursing Home Residents (TANHR) was
incorporated in 1989. There were four people who got together for several months
before that and worked to get the by-laws written, the 501(c)3 application approved, and
incorporation papers in place. We have grown from those four on the Board of
Directors to ten.
We have TANHR Units (chapters) in several areas of the state.
Our membership is made up of people from across the state.
Our mission when we organized was to work to improve quality of life and care of Texas
nursing home residents. That is still our mission.
Thank you for looking at our Web site. Come back again. You will find added
information from time to time.
HOW
TO CONTACT TANHR
Texas Advocates for Nursing Home Residents
P.O. Box 68
DeSoto, Texas 75123-0068
Phone: (972)572-6330 Fax: (972)572-7954
Toll Free Phone: (888)TANHR4U [(888)826-4748]
E-mail: tanhr@tanhr.org
Austin Office:
Phone: (512)719-4757
Fax: (512)719-5057
E-mail: bethferris@peoplepc.com
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OUR
MISSION
TANHR is a non-profit, volunteer organization working to improve the
quality of life and care of Texas nursing home RESIDENTS. |
TANHR
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Texas Advocates for Nursing Home
Residents (TANHR)
P.O. Box 68 DeSoto, Texas 75123-0068
Call our toll free number: (888)TANHR4U [(888)826-4748].
In the Dallas area call us at: (972)572-6330.
Our Fax number is (972)572-7954.
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