This webinar took place on Thursday, March 7, 2024, from 11:00 a.m. PT/2:00 p.m. ET – 11:30 a.m. PT/2:30 p.m. ET. State Medicaid programs generally can pay for assisted living services. Also, new federal regulations (effective March 2023) now establish some rights for residents of Medicaid-participating assisted living facilities. Medicaid assisted living, however, remains a […]
Federal and state assisted living “quality measures” fail to provide meaningful information about the quality of care received by assisted living residents.
This webinar took place on Thursday, February 8, 2024, 11:00 a.m. PT More than 200,000 older and disabled Californians make their homes in a wide range of licensed facilities that provide housing along with some level of care and supervision. These settings include Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly (RCFEs), Adult Residential Facilities (ARFs), and […]
This webinar covers resident rights in Medicaid-funded assisted living and group homes and strategies to enforce compliance when a facility ignores or otherwise violates the law.
This fact sheet helps advocates recognize potential problems with evictions in assisted living, develop an advocacy strategy, and litigate issues as necessary.
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 […]
The webinar took place on March 30, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. PT/2:00 p.m. ET – 12:15 p.m. PT/3:15 p.m. ET. The Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Settings Rule established minimum standards to ensure that Medicaid HCBS consumers live in settings that are truly non-institutional. States were originally expected to comply with the Rule in 2019; […]
As older adults and other across the country get vaccinated, Justice in Aging continues to monitor vaccine distribution closely, especially in California. Details continue to change, and some information may differ depending on the county. Here is an update: Who is eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine? In January 2021, Governor Newsom announced the state was […]
