NCALA Membership
NCALA membership has several benefits. Please read below to learn about Benefits of Membership, Membership Eligibility Requirements, and Membership Categories and Application Forms.
If you have questions about eligibility requirements, the benefits of NCALA membership, or the member application forms, please contact us.
Benefits of Membership
Your support of the North Carolina Assisted Living Association (NCALA) and the assisted living industry is very much appreciated! One of our goals is to educate consumers, regulators, legislators, and the general public about assisted living. Read about some of the ways we accomplish this below.
If you have questions about becoming a member, please contact us.
Specific benefits and services available to you through your NCALA membership include:
- Web Site—NCALA members are featured on www.ncala.org, which receives an average of 2,100 page views per week! Features of our Web site include:
- Online Membership Directory—Inclusion in a listing of all NCALA members on this Web site.
- NCALA News/Communication—Updates, newsletters, and articles of interest relevant to issues specific to North Carolina; regional and state-wide meeting notices; immediate contact with NCALA via e-mail; and legislative updates and contacts.
- NCALA members can post job openings in the Career Center section of ncala.org.
- The NCALA Advisor—our Association e-newsletter dealing with issues specific to North Carolina’s assisted living industry. Each issue includes a link to the NCALA member directory of all provider and partner (vendor) members.
- NCALA Legislative Updates—on our Web site and broadcast to members via e-mail or fax.
- Training Courses/Regional Meetings—provided through our state-wide conferences and regional training events, which are approved through the NC Division of Facility Services for required Continuing Education Credits (CEUs).
- Administrator Certification Program offered several times times each year.
- Reduced rates on all training events and materials.
- Consumer Referrals—referrals to family members seeking an assisted living community and/or seeking industry vendors.
- For Partner Members (vendors), the annual membership fee includes the cost of an exhibitor booth at our annual Fall Conference & Trade Show.
- For Regional Partner Members, in addition to being listed in our member directory on our Web site, we also refer Provider Members who contact us searching for your services.
- Legislative Monitoring and Involvement—The NCALA Executive Director and Evelyn Hawthorne, our Legislative Consultant, both work tirelessly to educate legislators about industry-specific issues, lobby for adequate reimbursement rates, and address other specific issues as they relate to the assisted living industry in North Carolina.
- National Legislative Monitoring and Involvement—through ALFA to address national issues that affect the assisted living industry nation-wide.
- Operational and Licensure Technical Assistance—available through the NCALA office.
- Member Involvement—opportunities for involvement in committees and leadership at the national and state level.
Membership Eligibility Requirements
Membership eligibility requirements generally include companies that provide assisted living services to the frail elder population, companies that provide appropriate services and/or supplies to the assisted living industry, or individuals within the assisted living arena who want to receive information from NCALA.
Membership Categories and Application Forms
There are five categories of NCALA membership. Please read the information below to find out which membership category is right for you.
Please download and print the applicable form and fax the completed form to NCALA at (919) 467-5132. If you have questions about completing or submitting the application form, please contact us.
There are five categories of NCALA membership:
- Provider Members include assisted living communities where frail elder residents receive help with their activities of daily living (please see the About Assisted Living section of this Web site for more information). This category includes continuing care retirement communities (CCRC) and other providers with licensed assisted living beds. Providers can apply for membership using the Provider Membership Application form. (Not included in this category are Multi-unit Assisted Housing with Services [MAHS] and Independent Living [IL] communities [see below].)
- MAHS/IL Members include congregate housing serving the 55-plus population and any other provider whose building does not fit into another license category. MAHS/IL providers can apply for membership using the MAHS/IL Membership Application form.
- Partner Members include companies that provide appropriate services and/or supplies to the assisted living industry. Partner Membership dues include a booth at the annual NCALA Fall Conference & Trade Show. Partners can apply for membership using the Partner Membership Application form.
- Regional Partner Members include companies that provide appropriate services and/or supplies to the assisted living industry, but who only do business in a part of the state (see this map for definitions of regions), and who do not want to exhibit at the annual NCALA Fall Conference & Trade Show. Regional Partners can apply for membership using the Regional Partner Membership Application form.
- Individual Members are full-time students or unemployed people who have a special interest in assisted living. The $100 per year membership fee will entitle them to information distributed by the NCALA office regarding the assisted living industry in North Carolina, as well as the member rate to attend any NCALA training. Individuals can apply for membership using the Individual Membership Application form.
Please complete the appropriate form (above) and fax the completed form to NCALA at (919) 467-5132.
