National Initiatives

The Assisted Living Workgroup Report

The Assisted Living Workgroup (ALW) was a national initiative of nearly 50 national organizations representing providers, consumers, long-term care and health care professionals, and regulators among others that came together at the behest of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging to develop consensus recommendations to assure quality in assisted living. The initiative began in 2001 and ended with 110 recommendations presented as testimony before the Aging Committee in April 2003.  Read full report...

The Assisted Living Disclosure Collaborative

CEAL helped the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality convene a diverse group of national assisted living stakeholders to work together through a consensus process to develop a uniform disclosure instrument. Read more...

The National Survey of Residential Care Facilities

The National Survey of Residential Care Facilities is a first-time national data collection effort by the federal government to gather information about the characteristics of residential care facilities, including assisted living residences, board and care home, congregate care, enriched housing programs, homes for the aged, personal care homes and shared housing establishments. CEAL has served as an advisor to the four governmental agencies collaborating on this project since 2007. To learn more about the project, go to www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhcs.htm.

Promoting Excellence in Assisted Living

CEAL has established a Promoting Excellence in Assisted Living awards program to recognize practices of excellence in assisted living.  Click here for a description of the 2009 award winners and their practices of excellence.