The National Center for Assisted Living is encouraging communities to use the 2014 “The Magic of Music” logo to celebrate National Assisted Living Week.
Assisted living group launches quality improvement initiative
By
McKnight's Staff
Sep 26, 2012
A new quality initiative program unveiled Wednesday targets off-label use of antipsychotics, hospital readmissions and staff turnover in assisted living communities.
States are actively working to regulate assisted living facilities, report says
By
McKnight's Staff
Mar 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?
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 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...
Assisted living management officials saw a bump in salary in 2011, report finds
Feb 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
Mar 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.
Assisted living advocate calls for more public financing, less federal regulation of industry
Mar 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...
MedPAC recommendation of 0% pay increase for 2012 leaves long-term care providers fuming
Mar 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 group releases review of new state AL policies
Mar 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...
Rhode Island’s Gifford named new national nursing home and assisted living quality chief
Mar 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...