Most aging adults and adults with disabilities will require assistance to remain living in their homes and communities at some point over their lifetime. While many Californians report their long-term care needs are unmet, there are inequities in who has access to that care today. As California continues to make investments in its long-term care system, inequities are likely to persist and newly arise if the state does not take intentional steps to ensure equity is a primary focus in its efforts to expand the availability of at-home care.
Issue Brief
In California’s Assisted Living Waiver: An Equity Analysis, and accompanying webinar, we describe the equity framework and its five domains where inequities can arise; summarize how inequities arise in the Assisted Living Waiver; and put forward recommendations on how to address inequities through the state’s current efforts to update the Assisted Living Waiver.
