Here in northeast Ohio, Mr. Jesse J. Ruffin Jr. is a man on a mission.

Since 2018, Cleveland area Realtor Ruffin Jr. has been the driving force behind Carolyn’s Law, inspired by his late wife’s decline in several adult care facilities before passing. It is a movement to improve the quality of life and care for thousands of Ohio Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center patients. Carolyn’s Law, also known as the Nursing Facility Patient’s Bill of Rights, will hopefully soon become a Constitutional Amendment in the State of Ohio.

Recently, the Cleveland Observer caught up with Ruffin and volunteers Grace Rice, Secretary and Disability Advocate, and Vanessa Brown, medical educator and preceptor.  They talked candidly about failures in care, and key strategies for fixing a broken rehabilitation and long-term healthcare system.  See complete article.