Membership

Membership in the Assisted Living Consumer Alliance (ALCA) consists of two categories: voting members and supporting members. Voting members must meet all of the following criteria: 1) be a nonprofit organization or a non-publicly traded corporation;  2) not be a business formed for or functioning as a provider of assisted living or other long term care services, and 3) subscribe to ALCA's Ten Principles for Assisted Living Reform. Supporting members may be any other interested individual, organization or agency that subscribes to ALCA's Ten Principles for Assisted Living Reform

Membership Application

Members

• Bet Tzedek Legal Services (Los Angeles) 
• California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (San Francisco) 
• Center for Medicare Advocacy (Washington, D.C.) 
• Citizens for Better Care (Michigan)
• Coalition of Institutionalized Aged & Disabled (New York)
• Long Term Care Community Coalition (New York)
• Long-Term Care Ombudsman (Montgomery County)
• Michigan Campaign for Quality Care
• National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
• National Association of Local Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs
• National Association of State Ombudsman Programs
• National Citizens’ Coalition for Nursing Home Reform
• National Senior Citizens Law Center
• Ohio State Ombudsman Office
• Pennsylvania Assisted Living Consumer Alliance
• Resident Councils of Washington
• Washington State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program

Board of Directors

Eric Carlson, President

National Senior Citizens Law Center, Los Angeles

Toby Edelman, Vice-President

Center for Medicare Advocacy, Washington, D.C.

Richard Mollot, Treasurer & Secretary

Long Term Care Community Coalition, New York City 

Lori Smetanka

National Citizens’ Coalition for Nursing Home Reform, Washington, D.C. 

Jody Spiegel

Bet Tzedek Legal Services, Los Angeles

Advisor to the Board of Directors

Prof. Nina Kohn

Syracuse University College of Law