 For the past 20 years, the members of ALFA have exemplified the principles of choice, dignity and independence for seniors. To support these principles and to enhance quality of life for seniors, ALFA continually influences public policy, promotes business excellence, and ensures an informed public. The following articles focus on the advocacy efforts of senior living professionals and ALFA. Thank you for advocating for the senior living residents that we serve. 5/1/2013
Elected Official Visits, Illinois
The future of Social Security and Medicare benefits were on the minds of the handful of senior citizens who met with U.S. Congressman John Shimkus Mon...
4/16/2013
Accountable Care Organizations (ACO), Advocacy, Federal Agency Activity, Memory Care Best Practices and Research, Public Policy
With several new faces on the Senate Special Committee on Aging, the Assisted Living Federation of America’s (ALFA) top priorities continue to be educ...
3/27/2013
As ALFA rolls into the new year, accreditation issues at the state level are quickly rising to the fore as one of the industry’s most immediate govern...
3/12/2013
The recently passed Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 includes language that will help protect seniors from elder abuse. The law pro...
2/27/2013
Advocacy, CEO, cheatsheet, Congressional Outlook, Public Policy
If members of Congress do not act soon, dramatic reductions in federal funding (known as the sequester) for medical research for Alzheimer’s disease w...
2/20/2013
Advocacy, ALFA's Public Policy Positions, Policy in the States, Public Policy
After the Miami Herald uncovered hundreds of incidents of neglect and physical abuse within “assisted living” communities across the state in 2011, in...
1/29/2013
Advocacy, Advocacy Fly-In, ALFA Events, cheatsheet, Public Policy
Senior living executives put a necessary face and voice to quality care and service we at ALFA advocate for in Washington DC daily. That’s why we inv...
12/21/2012
Advocacy, Elder Abuse, Federal Agency Activity, Labor Relations, Legislation, Medicaid, Policy in the States, Public Policy
Throughout 2012, a variety of federal legislative and regulatory issues arose that will affect senior living communities and senior living residents a...
10/16/2012
Advocacy, Affiliate/Chapter, Award Programs, Public Policy
ALFA affiliate, Pennsylvania Assisted Living Association (PALA) honored Governor George M. Leader with the 2012 Advocate of the Year Award.
10/2/2012
Senator Sanders (I-VT) introduced legislation to reauthorize and expand the Older Americans Act, which provides federal funding for programs that supp...
9/12/2012
Advocacy, Advocacy Fly-In, Hero Awards
Today, twelve exemplary senior living professionals gathered on Capitol Hill to meet with their U.S. Senators and Representatives as a part of the 201...
9/5/2012
Connecticut, Elected Official Visits, Public Policy
ALFA and Benchmark Senior Living hosted an event that brought together senior living employees, residents and their families, and other stakeholders t...
7/16/2012
Promoting democracy among residents brings a whole host of to-do’s and don’ts.
5/8/2012
Ensuring that federal policymakers understand what our business is all about (choice, independence, dignity, quality of life) and what it is not about...
5/8/2012
Senior living leaders address state-level regulation, community-based care, and encouraging long-term care savings at ALFA’s Advocacy Fly-In.
4/24/2012
Advocacy, Affiliate/Chapter, Financing Senior Living – Consumer Education
Yesterday President Obama was hand delivered a letter advocating for resolution on the recent actions of CMS that threaten to push low-income seniors ...
4/11/2012
Advocacy, CEO, cheatsheet, Hearings, Public Policy
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) adopted a rule at the end of 2011 that will allow union elections to take place in workplaces, including sen...
3/7/2012
U.S. Assistant Secretary on Aging Kathy Greenlee shared her insights with 140 senior living executives gathered at the 2012 ALFA Advocacy Fly-in yeste...
2/28/2012
Advocacy, CEO, cheatsheet, Memory Care Best Practices and Research, Memory Care Education
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Serves (HHS) has released its first draft plan outlining its intended actions against Alzheimer’s disease. Due...
2/28/2012
Advocacy, Advocacy Fly-In, CEO, Federal Agency Activity, Public Policy
Kathy Greenlee, Assistant Secretary for Aging at the U.S Department of Health and Human Services, will speak to senior living executives on Tuesday, M...
10/18/2011
Elected Official Visits, Public Policy, Texas
Today the Texas Assisted Living Association (TALA) and the Assisted Living Federation of America (ALFA) hosted a barbeque that brought together Repres...
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