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Enforcement Strategies for Assisted Living Regulations Targeting Alzheimer's Care

This presentation covers the background and current landscape of assisted living regulations focusing on individuals with Alzheimer's disease. It discusses dementia-specific regulations, enforcement strategies, and actions being taken to improve care standards. Key topics include the effectiveness of inspections, penalties, and variations in state enforcement actions. The influence of agency characteristics, the political environment, and roles of both the assisted living industry and consumer information are analyzed. Effective advocacy efforts are highlighted, as well as remaining areas for improvement in care for those with dementia.

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Enforcement Strategies for Assisted Living Regulations Targeting Alzheimer's Care

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  1. ASSISTED LIVING REGULATIONS TARGETING PERSONS WITH ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE: ENFORCEMENT STRATEGIES & ACTIONS

  2. TODAY’S PRESENTATION • BACKGROUND ON ASSISTED LIVING • DEMENTIA-SPECIFIC REGULATION • ENFORCEMENT STRATEGIES • ACTIONS TAKEN

  3. BACKGROUND ON ASSISTED LIVING

  4. Looking more like nursing facilities…

  5. Primary residence for persons with AD

  6. DEMENTIA SPECIFIC REGULATION

  7. Successful advocacy efforts…

  8. Still need to do some work….

  9. ENFORCEMENT STRATEGIES

  10. Here’s what is available…

  11. Here’s what can be done…

  12. ACTIONS BEING TAKEN -Low Effectiveness Inspections and Penalties -Moderate Effectiveness Civil Monetary Penalties -High Effectiveness Suspensions

  13. Inspections and Violations

  14. Civil Monetary Penalties

  15. Wide variation in fines….

  16. Reasons for Suspensions

  17. Summary of Key Findings - Low effective action is most common and tied to staffing - Moderate to highly effective action occurs - Not clear why some states take pursue highly effective actions

  18. DISCUSSION Agency Characteristics Political Environment Other Effects

  19. Agency Characteristics

  20. Barriers to enforcement…

  21. Political Environment • Ties to nursing facility industry • Lack of champions - ideology

  22. Other Characteristics • Role of assisted living industry • Role of consumer information • public disclosure • rating systems

  23. THANK YOU

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