Resources for long - term care issues

• Mandated Reporting
  www.dss.cahwnet.gov/getinfo/acl00/pdf/00-44.PDF
  Report of Suspected Elder or Dependent Adult Abuse (SOC 341).
  
  
• Title 22
  www.dss.cahwnet.gov/getinfo/pdf/rcfe1.PDF
  Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly, Title 22.
  
  
• RCFE (Assisted Living Facilities) Regulations
  
  
• Medicare Nursing Home Compare
  www.medicare.gov
  Current information about skilled nursing facilities, including the most recent licensing inspection surveys
  
  
• Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing
  www.ccld.ca.gov
  (RCFE ) Assisted Living) Name, License #, Address. Phone,# of Residents, and Map!
  
  
• CANHR (California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform)
  www.canhr.org
  Nursing Home and Residential Care Consumer Resources (Fact Sheets, Legal Resources...)
  
  
• California Nursing Home Search
  www.calqualitycare.org
  California Nursing Home Search is a service designed to provide comprehensive and consumer - friendly information about the quality of California's over 1,400 nursing homes. It is updated quarterly.
  
  
• Legal Services of Northern California
  www.lsnc.net
  Legal Aid Services for the community.
  
  
• Senior Legal Hotline
  www.seniorlegalhotline.org
  Call or e-mail for free legal advice.
  
  
• Federal Nursing Home Reform Law (OBRA)
  www.ecfr.gpoaccess.gov
  Electronic Code of Federal Regulations, Title42.
  
  
• Administration on Aging
  www.aoa.gov
  Information about the long - term care Ombudsman Program with several pertinent links.
  
  
• Area 4 - Agency on Aging
  www.a4aa.com
  Area 4 - Agency on Aging is dedicated to bringing life – enhancing information and services to seniors and those who are caregivers for seniors in communities throughout Nevada, placer, Sacramento, Sierra, Sutter, Yolo and Yuba counties.
  
  
• California Department of public Health
  www.cdph.ca.gov
  The health facility profiles include facility’s ownership, licensing, beds, services and performance information (deficiencies/ citations).
  
  
• HICAP
  www.hicapservices.net
  Health Insurance Counseling
  
  
• Long - Term Care
  www.longtermcare.gov
  For additional information on long-term care , such as paying for long-term care , this web site provides state-specific information
  
  
• Organizing Family Councils in long-term care facilities
  www.osnc.net
  An article about influencing the quality of care for residents utilizing a forum to enhance communications with facility staff, offering peer support for relatives, and sharing group concerns in writing to the administrator.
  
  
• PSA 2 Area Agency
  PSA 2 Area Agency on Aging Serving Seniors in Lassen, Modoc, Shasta, Siskiyou and Trinity Counties.
  www.psa2.org
  
  
• PSA 28 Area Agency on Aging
  PSA 28 Area Agency on Aging (AAA) serves Napa and Solano counties. It is one of 33 similar programs in California. Our role is to plan, coordinate and advocate for the development of local programs to meet the needs of older persons.
  www.aaans.org
  


• NSCLS: Improving the Live of American's Elderly Poor
  www.nsclc.org
  "The National Senior Citizens Law Center advocates before the courts, Congress and Federal agencies t promote the independence and well-being of low-income elderly and disabled."