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Innov Aging
Innov Aging
innovateage
Innovation in Aging
2399-5300 Oxford University Press US 

10.1093/geroni/igaa057.2575
igaa057.2575
Abstracts
Session 6295 (Symposium)
AcademicSubjects/SOC02600
The Road to Improved Assisted Living Quality: State Efforts and New Metrics
Shippee Tetyana Chair Schwartz Lindsay Discussant 2020 
16 12 2020 
16 12 2020 
4 Suppl 1 Program Abstracts from The GSA 2020 Annual Scientific Meeting “Turning 75: Why Age Matters”726 726
© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America.2020This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.Abstract
Assisted living (AL), a senior housing option that combines housing, support services, and health care, is recognized as one of the fastest-growing components of the long term care industry. AL is also a relatively expensive service, whether it’s paid for privately or publicly. Also, an increasing proportion of AL residents have diagnoses of Alzheimer’s and related dementias. However, little is known about AL quality, in part due to lack of measures. Quality of AL matters to residents, their families, and policy makers because AL is not only about the experience of receiving specific services, but about a place that many will call home. Concerns have been surfacing regarding the quality of AL, including poor staffing, inadequate teamwork, and poor management, which can negatively impact resident well-being and result in abuse and neglect in some cases. This symposium will feature four presentations that will review efforts from two states that have been actively developing measures to address AL quality: Oregon and Minnesota. We focus on new legislation in both states to address AL quality, the new metrics being adopted, and preliminary results. Individual presentations will describe 1) Oregon’s new quality measures for AL ;2) Oregon’s use of Resident VIEW project, including measures of person-centered care from the perspectives of residents; 3) Minnesota’s development of AL report card, and 4) development and results from MN pilot surveys of resident quality of life and family satisfaction in all licensed ALs in the state. Policy implications for other states and researchers will be discussed.