North Carolina Assisted Living Association http://www.ncala.org/ News from NCALA en-us ward@ncala.org ward@ncala.org 2012 NCALA North Carolina Assisted Living Association http://www.ncala.org/ http://www.ncala.org/images/rss.gif 90 49 North Carolina Advocates Send Letter to Obama About CMS Policy Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:35:00 -0400 http://www.alfa.org/News/2401/North-Carolina-Advocates-Send-Letter-to-Obama-About-CMS-Policy President Obama was hand-delivered a letter advocating for resolution on the recent actions of CMS that threaten to push low-income seniors out of adult care homes and into institutional settings. This could potentially make more than 11,000 frail seniors, including those with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, homeless. Rep Butterfield hand-delivered this letter to President Obama aboard Air Force One. The North Carolina Assisted Living Association and ALFA will continue to work on this issue and still hope to gain resolution by April 30. More … ]]> Rep Kissell Discusses Protecting Seniors with NCALA Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:26:04 -0400 http://kissell.house.gov/2012/03/rep-kissell-discusses-protecting-seniors-with-north-carolina-assisted-living-association.shtml Rep Kissell Discusses Protecting Seniors with NCALA
WASHINGTON, DC—Representative Larry Kissell (NC-08) recently met with officials from NCALA in Kissell’s Washington office. The group met with Kissell to discuss concerns about proposed budget cuts that would affect seniors and those who rely on assistance, as well as efforts to ensure that those in need are protected. Read full story … ]]> Sunset of ACH PCS and In-Home PCS Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:00:00 -0400 http://www.ncala.org/pcs-sunset.html http://www.ncala.org/pcs-sunset.html NCALA NCALA PCS Fact Sheet/Position Paper Thu, 15 Mar 2012 21:00:00 GMT http://www.ncala.org/NCALA-PCS-02272012.pdf http://www.ncala.org/NCALA-PCS-02272012.pdf NCALA Contracts with Lanier Cansler to Assist with PCS Fix Wed, 4 Jan 2012 19:30:00 GMT http://www.ncala.org/cansler-announcement.html http://www.ncala.org/cansler-announcement.html Legislative Changes in 2011 That Will Affect Adult Care Homes and Family Care Homes Mon, 6 Feb 2012 16:23:41 GMT http://www.ncala.org/leg-changes-2011.html http://www.ncala.org/leg-changes-2011.html Pilot Program to Allow Inmates to Reside in Adult Care Homes Fri, 3 Feb 2012 15:45:00 GMT http://www.ncala.org/ http://www.ncala.org/ Infection Control Training Program Thu, 2 Feb 2012 14:50:00 GMT http://www.ncala.org/ http://www.ncala.org/# Medicaid RAC Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:18:07 GMT http://www.ncala.org/ http://www.ncala.org/##