The Challenge: Stakeholders overwhelmingly identified skilled caregivers with a strong commitment to older people and their autonomy as key to the continued success of assisted living’s core mission.
Argentum, formerly known as the Assisted Living Federation of America, unveiled 12 standards that, beginning in January 2016, its independent living, assisted living and memory care community members are asked to meet.
None of us want to get to the point in life where we can’t take care of ourselves but the reality is that we as Americans are living longer and will need some help as we age.
The Challenge: Symposium participants expressed great concern that assisted living is not affordable for many older Americans and likely to be even less accessible in future years, given continued shortfalls in state funding in all areas of long term care, and particularly home and community-based services.