Thinking About An Assisted Living or Residential Care Facility provides consumer-friendly advice about assisted living and provides a checklist that helps people choose the assisted living facility that best meets their needs. Professional Communications NCAL s monthly newsletter, NCAL Assisted Living Focus , gives assisted living professionals the news and information that s important to their operations. NCAL Assisted Living Focus covers the latest business news, trends, regulatory activity and legislative developments and provides examples of some of the best practices being utilized in assisted living residences across the nation. Subscriptions are free to NCAL members. Provider is a solution-oriented monthly magazine that reports on the entire long term care continuum, including extensive coverage of assisted living issues.
Provider offers readers pragmatic, hands-on guidance offered by nationally recognized experts.
Complimentary subscriptions to Provider are offered to all members. Also distributed monthly to NCAL members is AHCA Notes , a newsletter that updates NCAL members on long term care trends as well as state and national regulatory and legislative activity. Professional Development NCAL is committed to quality assisted living services and provides tools and educational products designed for the assisted living environment. NCAL has several educational programs for assisted living staff. For example, Managing Difficult Behavioral Symptoms instructs assisted living staff how to anticipate, identify, understand and manage difficult behavioral symptoms brought on by such causes as anxiety, depression or dementia.