Group Forms to Advocate on Behalf of Assisted Living Residents

I've been traveling all week and have not had the opportunity to post any news of value to readers.

In an earlier post I mentioned the excellent web resource elderlawnews click here.

A recent bulleting from their newsletter reports that fifteen elder care, elder law, and senior advocacy groups have formed the Assisted Living Consumer Alliance (ALCA), a national non-profit organization advocating for stronger consumer protections for assisted living residents.

The ALCA website -- http://www.assistedlivingconsumers.org/ -- provides news and information for both consumers and professionals, including consumer advice and summaries of each state's assisted living rules.

The group is filling a large information gap...most consumers know little about it. Assisted living standards vary greatly from state to state and usually give a great deal of discretion to individual facilities. Too frequently, assisted living rules and policies are based on the facility's convenience rather than the residents' needs and preferences. Meanwhile, assisted living has received scant attention from the federal government.

For more ElderLawAnswers information on assisted living facilities, click here.

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