The Dementia Care Workgroup met today to discuss how to improve the Residential Care Facility for the Elderly Title 22 Regulations to reflect the realities of today’s assisted living resident. The workgroup has met several times over the last year and half to produce workable regulations to clarify when a resident with dementia is suitable Read More…
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…
The Department of Social Services has released a draft uniform assessment tool for comment by stakeholder with responses due by May 31, 2019. The Uniform Assessment Tool is being developed to implement Health and Safety Code (HSC) section 1562.62(c)(1) which states: “The department shall develop a uniform resident assessment tool to be used by all Read More…