With the number of elderly persons needing long-term care expected to double to 14 million over the next two decades, assisted living has become the popular cho

Describes regulatory provisions & Medicaid policy for residential care settings in all 50 states & the DC. Information was collected between Feb. & June 2004 by

Residential care settings (RCSs), such as assisted living facilities, provide community-based services for older adults and younger people with disabilities who

Among the issues confronting America is long-term care for frail, older persons and others with chronic conditions and functional limitations that limit their a

Although residential care and assisted living for older adults has expanded rapidly in recent decades, it has done so in a policy environment beset by confusion