Key RCFE and Assisted Living Links

California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform's Residential Care Guide Contains information on all Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly (RCFE) in California and more detailed information on facilities that have returned CANHR's Questionnaire. Fact sheets on a variety of consumer rights and protection issues are also available on CANHR's web site.

California Department of Social Services (DSS) Community Care Licensing Division (CCL) Provides basic information on all licensed facilities regulated by CCL, lists CCL district offices, access to regulations and evaluator manual, and provider and policy bulletins.

Assisted Living Waiver Pilot Project (ALWPP)
ALWPP allows the use of Medi-Cal funds to pay for residents requiring nursing home level of care and who are eligible for full-scope Medi-Cal or share-of-cost Medi-Cal to receive Assisted Care services in Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly (RCFE). The program is operating only in the counties of L.A., Sacramento and San Joaquin, and only in facilities that have been approved to participate in the pilot project.

Assisted Living Consumer Alliance (ALCA)
ALCA is a national collaboration of groups and individuals (CANHR is a member) who have joined together to promote and preserve choice, safety, and legal rights for assisted living consumers.

Other Resources:

The Patrick Nobis RCFE Scholarship Fund
The Patrick Nobis RCFE Scholarship Fund awards three scholarships each year to San Francisco State University students participating in the Administrator-In-Training (AIT) Program. The awards are presented at the annual AIT Reception. More information is available online.

Studies and Reports:

National Senior Citizens Law Center
Critical Issues in Assisted Living, May 2005, is a comprehensive 50-state report on assisted living policies.

National Academy of State Health Policy (NASHP)
NASHP publishes reports on assisted living including State Residential Care and Assisted Living Policy: 2004; Informing Consumers about Assisted Living: State Practices (February 2005); and Aging in Place in Assisted Living: State Regulations and Practice (February 2005).

General Accounting Office (GAO)
The GAO conducts periodic studies and makes reports on assisted living issues, Assisted Living: Examples of State Efforts to Improve Consumer Protection (April 2004) (PDF; TXT).