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RESULTS FROM A 2019 SURVEY OF STATE AGENTS ON ASSISTED LIVING REGULATIONS AND TRENDS

AL is regulated at the state level. Yet, little is known about the structure and function of state agencies that license and monitor AL. We fielded a 21-question survey among state agents with responsibility for AL in all 50 states. While licensure definitions of AL vary, state efforts appear unifor...

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Autores principales: Kaskie, Brian P, Cornell, Portia, Carder, Paula, Thomas, Kali
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6841043/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.2007
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description AL is regulated at the state level. Yet, little is known about the structure and function of state agencies that license and monitor AL. We fielded a 21-question survey among state agents with responsibility for AL in all 50 states. While licensure definitions of AL vary, state efforts appear uniform in regard to administrative alignment with departments of health as well as roles with facility licensing, renewal, and monitoring. However, we observed variability in the approaches used to monitor AL. While 80% of agents reported being able to issue fines for failures to meet regulatory standards, only 40% of states collected information concerning individual resident status. Only 20% issue separate licenses for providing care to persons with dementia, whereas 30% of state agents affirmed that non-licensed AL facilities were operating within their state. We consider how these varied regulatory approaches may shape facility operations and impact resident outcomes.
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spelling pubmed-68410432019-11-15 RESULTS FROM A 2019 SURVEY OF STATE AGENTS ON ASSISTED LIVING REGULATIONS AND TRENDS Kaskie, Brian P Cornell, Portia Carder, Paula Thomas, Kali Innov Aging Session 2470 (Symposium) AL is regulated at the state level. Yet, little is known about the structure and function of state agencies that license and monitor AL. We fielded a 21-question survey among state agents with responsibility for AL in all 50 states. While licensure definitions of AL vary, state efforts appear uniform in regard to administrative alignment with departments of health as well as roles with facility licensing, renewal, and monitoring. However, we observed variability in the approaches used to monitor AL. While 80% of agents reported being able to issue fines for failures to meet regulatory standards, only 40% of states collected information concerning individual resident status. Only 20% issue separate licenses for providing care to persons with dementia, whereas 30% of state agents affirmed that non-licensed AL facilities were operating within their state. We consider how these varied regulatory approaches may shape facility operations and impact resident outcomes. Oxford University Press 2019-11-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6841043/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.2007 Text en © The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full RESULTS FROM A 2019 SURVEY OF STATE AGENTS ON ASSISTED LIVING REGULATIONS AND TRENDS
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title_short RESULTS FROM A 2019 SURVEY OF STATE AGENTS ON ASSISTED LIVING REGULATIONS AND TRENDS
title_sort results from a 2019 survey of state agents on assisted living regulations and trends
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