Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly (RCFEs) – also known as assisted living facilities and nursing homes – are facilities that provide a level of care that includes assistance with daily living activities. These services are provided in a multitude of communities, including family-owned-and-operated ones, providers who serve seniors throughout California, and providers who offer…
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I started my first RCFE in La Quinta, California, in 2011. But when it came time to sell, I found challenge after challenge. It was difficult to find a buyer with enough experience in the industry. Then, even once I did, I didn’t understand the intricacies of transitioning my RCFE to the new owner, let…
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If you own or manage a residential care facility for the elderly (RCFE), you’ve faced challenge after challenge this year. On top of the onus to keep your residents safe from COVID-19, you’ve had to pivot with new state regulation in light of the pandemic. That’s meant changes to the biannual inspections performed by a…
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Small residential care facilities for the eldery (RCFEs), also called board-and-care homes, provide the best of both worlds for their residents. They offer the assisted living care individuals need to enjoy the best possible quality of life through the years. But rather than providing this in a sterile medical setting, they do so in a…
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Historically, transmissible illnesses aren’t covered by workers’ compensation. But, like nearly all things, the pandemic has turned this regulation on its head. In an effort to protect businesses and their employees, many state legislatures have considered amending workers’ comp coverage. They’re looking for ways to extend it to certain employees who contract COVID-19 in the…
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The pandemic has dramatically altered daily life for people across the globe. That’s especially true for people who own or work at assisted living facilities. Because the risk of severe illness as a result of contracting COVID-19 increases with age, individuals who run these facilities have had to make quick strides to protect their residents.…
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In California, Health & Safety Code Sec. 1569.69 requires all staff for RCFEs to consent to updated and extended assisted living medication training necessities while helping the occupants with self-administering of the needed medication. Since almost all RCFE’s are required to administer medication to seniors living in your residential care facility, the new training…
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We’re at that point again where we start looking ahead on the reforms we should take for enhancing the quality of our residential care facilities for the elderly. A vital new bill as a major aspect of new RCFE laws in 2016 was implemented on January 1, subsequent to being signed as a law a…
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