Prof. Jasmine Travers penned a guest column for McKnights Long-Term Care News on the Moving Forward Nursing Home Quality Coalition Workforce Committee's plan for putting two of the nine recommendations in the National Imperative to Improve Nursing Home Quality into action: 1) Ensuring competitive wages and benefits for certified nursing assistants (CNAs) and 2) Advancing the role of and empowering the

CNA. The column provides a summary of what these action plans entail and where help is needed from states, nursing home leaders, policymakers, and providers.

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