WE ARE OVER 300O TEXAS FAMILIES (WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED FROM OUT OF STATE) WHO CAME TOGETHER IN JULY OF 2020 TO ADVOCATE FOR 130,000 RESIDENTS IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES IN OUR STATE AND WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN:

• introducing the concept of essential caregivers to the State of Texas

• helping get essential caregiver guidelines implement into emergency visitation rules 

• helping get essential caregivers adopted as state law

• helping get essential caregivers in front of voters who adopted them as a residential right in the 35th amendment to the Bill of Rights in the Constitution of the State of Texas

SO EVERY RESIDENT MUST BE ALLOWED SAFE AND REASONABLE ACCESS TO AT LEAST ONE PERSON .EVEN DURING A PANDEMIC AND NO RESIDENT IN A LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY WILL EVER BE FORCED TO DIE ALONE OR LIVE IN TOTAL ISOLATION EVER AGAIN.