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SAN DIEGO, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- Consumer Advocates for RCFE Reform (CARR) is pleased to announce it has received an AARP Community Challenge Grant. AARP announced its grant recipients on its website on 7 September, 2017. CARR is one of only 4 AARP's Community Challenge Grant recipients in California.

CARR has been funded to create an innovative board game based on the "8 Domains of Livability" framework used by the AARP Network of Age-Friendly Communities, and is designed to engage older adults in the process of making San Diego a more age-friendly city.

Christina Selder, CARR's Principal Investigator underscores the value of this program: "Our goal for the game is to engage community members in discussions to rethink San Diego's senior housing and care models in terms of age-friendliness. CARR's focus is assisted living advocacy; we believe many of the 8 domains of livability are directly relevant to improving the lives of assisted living residents."

CARR's Executive Director, Chris Murphy notes, "This is the second significant grant the organization has received this year; earlier CARR received a grant from the San Diego Foundation to investigate accessibility and affordability of assisted living in the region."

About CARR:
Consumer Advocates for RCFE Reform (CARR) is a San Diego-based 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization specializing in public document research (www.rcfereform.org) on assisted living facilities, and the state's oversight of the industry. CARR is one of two First Amendment Coalition's 2014 recipients of its Free Speech and Open Government Award. In 2014 CARR sponsored AB 1523 (Atkins) requiring assisted living facilities to carry liability insurance; the bill was signed into law in August 2014. CARR continues its evidence-based advocacy work for the benefit of Californians.

Learn more at: http://www.rcfereform.org/.

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Consumer Advocates for RCFE Reform (CARR), P O Box 82123, San Diego, CA 92138.

Consumer Advocates for RCFE Reform (CARR) is pleased to announce it has received an AARP Community Challenge Grant. AARP announced its grant recipients on its website on 7 September, 2017. CARR is one of only 4 AARP's Community Challenge Grant recipients in California.

Related link: http://rcfereform.org/

SAN DIEGO, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- Christina L. Selder, Principal Investigator and co-founder of CARR (Consumer Advocates for RCFE Reform) presented in the Assisted Living Issues of Quality and Translations to Nursing Homes session of the Gerontological Society of America's (GSA) 2016 Annual Scientific Meeting being held November 16 - 20, 2016 in New Orleans, La.

Her presentation, entitled "How Can Quality in Assisted Living Be Measured," reports on the methods and findings of the County of San Diego's innovative program to develop a rating system for assisted living facilities.

The County contracted with CARR to conduct a six-month pilot program to develop a rating system tailored to reflect compliance with California's Title 22 regulations for Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly (RCFEs). The RCFE rating system provides consumers with easy access to objective information and context about care and services delivered to residents.

The rating system developed is grounded in original research, understandings, and insights about California's Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing's citation practices and protocols.

California's Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing has regulatory oversight of nearly 7,500 RCFEs. This agency is responsible for conducting inspections, complaint investigations, and other related oversight visits, and generates public records publishing the findings of the state's assessment of facility compliance with the relevant Title 22 regulations.

Ms. Selder holds a MS degree in Gerontology from San Diego State University, and is an accomplished speaker on California's assisted living care model, as well as an experienced researcher in RCFE public records.

About Consumer Advocates for RCFE Reform:

Consumer Advocates for RCFE Reform (CARR) is a San Diego-based 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to improving resident care in assisted living facilities by educating consumers and increasing industry accountability.

More information: http://rcfereform.org/.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Chris Murphy
(619) 795-2165
cmm@rcfereform.org

Christina L. Selder, Principal Investigator and co-founder of CARR (Consumer Advocates for RCFE Reform) presented in the Assisted Living Issues of Quality and Translations to Nursing Homes session of the Gerontological Society of America's (GSA) 2016 Annual Scientific Meeting being held November 16 - 20, 2016 in New Orleans, La.

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