 The following articles are designed to educate and inform senior living professionals of legislation, regulations, hearings and advocacy efforts. 5/21/2013
Clinical Quality and Quality Care Delivery, End of Life, Public Policy
On Monday, May 20, 2013 Gov. Peter Shulmin signed into law the Patient Choice and Control at End of Life Act, a bill that allows doctors to prescribe ...
5/15/2013
Human Resources and Organizational Development, PowerPoint Presentations, Regulatory Compliance
Regulatory inspections or surveys can be a stressful time for assisted living owners, operators, administrators, and employees. While the process itse...
5/15/2013
Consumer Funding Resources, Long Term Care Insurance, Medicaid, PowerPoint Presentations
Dr. Cohn will review the current progress toward implementation of the Affordable Care Act and discuss expectations for the future. This session will ...
5/15/2013
Disruptive change is characterized by a shift in the underlying forces of an industry segment. It is not localized. It affects the entire value networ...
5/15/2013
Consumer Funding Resources, Long Term Care Insurance, Medicaid, PowerPoint Presentations
This session will feature three Medicaid state directors on the challenges and opportunities that Medicaid managed long-term care services and support...
5/15/2013
Consumer Funding Resources, Long Term Care Insurance, Medicaid, PowerPoint Presentations
The Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act to establish the first national, government run long term care insurance program was...
5/15/2013
PowerPoint Presentations, Public Policy, Regulations, Regulatory Compliance
The American's with Disabilities Act and the Olmstead Decision are important to support community integration of Americans with disabilities. This ses...
5/15/2013
Willis Senior Living Practice Group will cover the most recent health-care reform legislative updates. Highlights of this session will include a revie...
5/15/2013
Keeping seniors healthy is the new Medicare mantra. Assisted living may play an important part in the new quality payment paradigm. Is the stage being...
5/9/2013
As the assisted living sector evolves and grows in popularity, so do consumers’ expectations of what care and services they can expect from this model...
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...
4/30/2013
Consumer Funding Resources, Federal Agency Activity, Health Care, Medicaid, Medicaid, Medicare
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) rule that would represent an increas...
4/29/2013
With so many new faces in Washington, D.C., this year promises to be a whole new ballgame for assisted living. With a dozen senators coming to the Hil...
4/24/2013
Business, Business Planning, CEO, cheatsheet, Compliance, Employee Compensation, Human Resources, Human Resources and Organizational Development, Insurance, Property Management, Public Policy, Regulations, Regulatory Compliance, Risk Management
The old saying “the only thing constant is change” applies to the senior living industry. ALFA has published two new tool kits that will help you prep...
4/24/2013
Clinical Quality and Quality Care Delivery, Federal Agency Activity, Medication Management
The Drug Enforcement Administration has announced its most recent National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, to take place this Saturday, April 27. Th...
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...
4/16/2013
Clinical Quality and Quality Care Delivery, Health and Wellness, Health Care, Life Safety, Medicare, Nursing Home, Regulations
In an effort to promote quality care and reduce expenses, the Affordable Care Act mandated payment reductions for hospitals with high rates of readmis...
4/10/2013
Assisted living communities have long struggled with being classified along with other types of institutional-type buildings such as hospitals and nur...
4/3/2013
ALFA Events, Business Planning, cheatsheet, Compliance, Disabilities, Property Management, Public Policy, Regulations, Regulatory Compliance, Risk Management, Webinars
Are you frustrated by confusing building code requirements that seem to contradict state assisted living regulations? ALFA is hosting a webinar and of...
4/3/2013
Active & Engaged Seniors, Ageism, Community Awareness and Education, Public Policy, Resident Engagement
Each year since 1963, May has been a month to appreciate and celebrate the vitality and aspirations of older adults and their contributions to our com...
4/3/2013
Clinical Quality and Quality Care Delivery, Memory Care Best Practices and Research, Memory Care Education, Public Policy
The Advisory Council on Alzheimer's Research, Care, and Services will meet later this month, through an event that is open to the public, to hear pres...
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...
3/26/2013
ALFA Conference & Expo, Business, Executive Team Development, Growth Strategies, Organization Development, Public Policy, Strategy
Chris Hollister, a leader and entrepreneur in the field of assisted living, has seen the industry—and its leadership—evolve throughout his extensive c...
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...
2/6/2013
Partnerships, Public Policy, Regulations, Regulatory Compliance
Many state regulatory departments are dealing with cutbacks in licensing staff, and assisted living communities in those states can face difficulty ge...
2/6/2013
cheatsheet, Public Policy
Today ALFA welcomed over fifty senior living leaders to Washington, DC for the 2013 ALFA Public Policy Institute. Attendees at the one day event learn...
2/1/2013
Labor issues, health-care costs, an Alzheimer’s awareness campaign, and more drive advocacy efforts.
1/29/2013
ALFA's Public Policy Positions, Federal Agency Activity, Hearings, Labor Relations, Public Policy
Last week, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued a major decision finding that President Obama violated the Constitut...
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