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 Residential Care and Assisted Living: State Oversight Practices and State Information Available to Consumers, 2007 update
Assisted Living Consumer Alliance (ALCA)
ALCA is a national collaboration of groups and individuals working together to promote consumer safety, choice, and rights in assisted living. ALCA provides information for both consumers and advocates, and works collaboratively with government officials and health-care professionals to improve assisted living. ALCA supports an improved quality of care, along with greater focus on consumers' needs and preferences. Standards must be strengthened and enforced.
DC LTCO Program's White Paper on Assisted Living
Assisted Living Consumer Expectations Checklist
Developed by the State of Washington Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program, this checklist is designed to help prospective assisted living residents and their families assess and evaluate facilities. It is meant to be a guide to some of the most important issues, but not to be an exclusive list of all issues.
Thinking of Moving to an Assisted Living Residence? Fostering Autonomy & Independence (October 2003).
This guidebook to help people choose an assisted living residence with a special focus on finding a residence that promotes choice and independence was published by the Coalition of Institutionalized Aged and Disabled and the Nursing Home Community Coalition of New York State. The guide is available to download from www.nhccnys.org and distribution is being encouraged. For questions or comments contact: Cynthia Rudder, Executive Director NHCC
Policy Principles for Assisted Living (April 2003).
Signed by the National Citizens' Coalition for Nursing Home Reform (NCCNHR), the National Association of State Ombudsman Programs (NASOP) and the National Association of Local Long Term Care Ombudsman Programs (NALLTCO), this document outlines problems and proposes solutions that will guarantee a reasonable level of quality for residents of assisted living facilities.
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