National Center For Assisted Living

States are actively working to regulate assisted living facilities, report says

McKnight's Staff March 08, 2012

States were actively refining and developing new regulations to monitor assisted living facilities during 2011, an annual report finds.

New Jersey's real giants?

James M. Berklan February 08, 2012

What a week for New Jersey. It started with the pro football team that has its roots there winning the Super Bowl, and it's going to end with a first-in-the-nation effort by the state's assisted living providers.

Assisted living management officials saw a bump in salary in 2011, report finds

February 01, 2012

Assisted living facility chief financial officers had the highest salary increases among all management positions in 2011, with a 3.9% jump over last year to $122,226, according to a new report.

Labor Department releases long-term care core competency model

March 24, 2011

The U.S. Department of Labor on Tuesday released a model outlining the core competencies required of workers in the long-term care industry.

MedPAC recommendation of 0% pay increase for 2012 leaves long-term care providers fuming

March 16, 2011

Long-term care groups on Tuesday strongly criticized the latest round of recommendations to Congress from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.

Assisted living advocate calls for more public financing, less federal regulation of industry

March 16, 2011

The issues facing Medicaid coverage in assisted living are fundamentally economic, not regulatory, according to at least one participant in Tuesday's roundtable discussion on assisted living held by the Senate Special Committee on Aging.

Assisted living group releases review of new state AL policies

March 11, 2011

At least 18 states have implemented some form of new regulations, statutes and policies governing assisted living services in the last year, according to a new analysis by the National Center for Assisted Living.

Rhode Island's Gifford named new national nursing home and assisted living quality chief

March 02, 2011

The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living on Tuesday named Dr. David R. Gifford as their senior vice president of quality and regulatory affairs, a new department within the nation's largest nursing home association.