Founded in 1961, LeadingAge California is the state’s leading advocate for quality, non-profit senior living and care. The association’s advocacy, educational programs and public relations help its members best serve the needs of the state’s older adults. LeadingAge California represents nearly 700 non-profit providers of senior living and care, as well as business services providers, including: Affordable Housing, Life Plan Communities, Assisted Living and Memory Care, Skilled Nursing, Home- and Community-Based Care services, including PACE, Adult Day Health Care, and Home Care.
General Interest

Deadline Extended – Nominations Due for RWJF Award for Health Equity

UPDATE 5/30/19: The deadline for submission has been extended to June 14, 2019. Nominate an individual or team of 2 individuals who have helped your organization develop an initiative designed to enhance health equity for older adults. Has your organization developed an initiative designed to enhance health equity for older adults in your community? LeadingAge Read More…

Life Plan/CCRC Nursing Homes

Webinar on Hazardous Medication on May 15th

LeadingAge is hosting a webinar on May 15th 11:00 AM to 12 Noon (Pacific Time) which details how EPA regulations and USP800 guidelines will affect the handling of hazardous medications from receipt to destruction in long-term care settings. The goals of the updated EPA regulations and USP800 guideline recommendations are to promote patient and personnel Read More…

General Interest

Free Webinar: “Converting Financial Stress into Financial Wellness for Caregivers”

Date: Thursday, April 25, 2019 Time: 1:00 p.m. ET Learn about how Aging Service providers are tackling key challenges and engaging their workforce through financial wellness solutions.  Join us as we discuss ways some LeadingAge members are addressing pressing workforce issues and improving the work culture at their businesses in areas such as: Industry Attractiveness and Recruitment Read More…

Assisted Living Life Plan/CCRC

Onerous RCFE Land Use Bill Delayed for the Year

UPDATED 4/25/19: Assemblymember Marc Levin (D-Marin County) introduced AB 1777, a bill which would require RCFEs to disclose compliance history with local government bodies, including city councils and boards of supervisors for the purposes of obtaining a land use permit. LeadingAge California opposes this measure because it upends the long standing division of responsibilities between Read More…

Affordable Senior Housing

HUD Publishes Opportunity Zone Implementation Plan

By Colleen Bloom, Director of Housing Operations, LeadingAge Below is a press release from HUD concerning implementation plans for development funding for low-income housing in certain areas referred to as “Opportunity Zones” (OZs), announcing as well plans for a new OpportunityZones.gov website and a new series of listening sessions (details not yet available).   In a Read More…