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Our loved ones have suffered to much we need to speak up. Please join the national long term care reform walk on September 27 2026 and help shine a light on the truth about our loved ones suffering in long term care. I'm leading a walk in NY. Anyone anywhere can join and lead their own walk in their state. Please join the team.

The “horrid US long-term care industry” exists because people are living longer, thanks to modern medicine and of course the “horrid” care industry. Back a century or so, people died at home much younger. Often they (more or less) starved to death, because they refused food in favor of younger family members, or because no-one had the time to spoon feed them. Very few people lived longer than 90 years, certainly not more than 100. It’s educational to look at the statistics.
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This is a real issue and I hope everyone supports ROAR! The nonprofit was created by Susie Singer Carter, who created the very eye opening docuseries "No Country For Old People."

The nonprofit is ROAR4LTC and is registered and legit, as is the website.
It's a new movement advocating for change in the horrid US long-term care industry. My dad will never go in one of those hellholes again!
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There’s a gofundme - started in March - attached to what is supposed to be an across the US multi state event.

It has raised…. $608 out of a 20K goal as per founder / organizer FB.
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I understand the sentiment, as I have seen first had terrible care homes, but not all of them are the same. Where would the money raised go to? Most people already have a poor view of care homes, much of it undeserved. My mom is in a wonderful facility, but my dad's was so bad it was shut down for abuse. I think like anything we need to know our options and who to go to if things are not working out well for our loved ones.
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The website isn’t valid. What reforms are you advocating for?
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I googled a bit and came up with the website. It is https://www.roar4ltc.org/

Apparently it’s linked to a documentary about long term care (“No Country for Old People”) created by a woman about her mother’s terrible experience in a nursing home. The short trailer for the documentary is available to view and seems to be about financial mismanagement by owners of facilities and how it results in direct harm to residents. That’s a worthy subject but the website itself seems kind of short on specifics about what the organization wants to do with the funds it’s soliciting aside from organizing this walk and, as they say, “embracing the power of storytelling to engage and mobilize the public.”
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The website doesn't exist. My mother was in Memory Care for 3 years and received excellent care from a team of people who truly cared about her. If my loved one was "suffering in long term care" you bet I'd get them OUT of there in a New York minute. There is no excuse to stand by and watch such "suffering" so I'm not sure what you're even talking about.
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I am a caregiver for my dear husband who is presently in long-term care in a facility where he gets excellent care. I’m there helping him almost daily. I’ve also been a hands-on caregiver for both parents and another relative. I have no idea what you mean by those “suffering” in long-term care.

Those who are suffering are caregivers like me who have cared for multiple family members over a number of years. WE DON’T HAVE THE TIME OR ENERGY TO WALK ANYWHERE FOR A CAUSE THAT SEEMS NOT TO EXIST.

If you ever want to discuss with us a real cause, such as the millions of exhausted caregivers worldwide who need help, come back and we’ll talk.
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