Webinar: Progress and Challenges in California Assisted Living

Justice in Aging is hosting a webinar on the progress and challenges of assisted living in California. Though the Residential Care Facility for the Elderly (RCFE) Reform Act of 2014 made multiple improvements to California’s assisted living system, assisted living in California remains hampered by out-of-date statutory provisions and an extremely limited Medicaid waiver program. This webinar will provide aging advocates and providers with an update on California’s recent assisted living progress and a background on the state’s ongoing challenges. Among other things, the webinar will explore California’s assisted living Medicaid waiver, other funding mechanisms, challenges in integrating health care expertise into assisted living, and improvements to on-line access and monitoring. Improvements in California include increased staffing requirements, a resident’s bill of rights, and a strengthened enforcement system-all provisions that California’s assisted living regulators have implemented, but not all of the reform provisions have been implemented and significant problems persist. The webinar will take place on Wednesday, May 25, 2016, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET.