Tag: Consumer Advocates for RCFE Reform
San Diego Nonprofit, Consumer Advocates for RFCE Reform (CARR), to Cease Operations
eNewsChannels NEWS: -- Consumer Advocates for RFCE (Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly) Reform (CARR), a San Diego-based nonprofit, announces it is closing its doors effective October 31, 2020. Founded in 2009, CARR has been California's only consumer advocacy organization focused exclusively on residential care facilities for the elderly (RCFEs), working to improve the aging experience through advocacy and education.
Keep Our Seniors Safe Act Signed by California Governor Newsom
eNewsChannels NEWS: -- Consumer Advocates for RCFE Reform (CARR) announces that California Governor Newsom signed the Keep Our Seniors Safe Act, a part of SB 172 (Portantino) which was signed into law on 12 October, 2019.
Consumer Advocates for RCFE Reform (CARR) Expands Board with New Members – Brings Aboard Added Legal and Real Estate Expertise
eNewsChannels NEWS: -- Consumer Advocates for RCFE Reform (CARR) announced today that it has welcomed two new members to its Board of Directors: Teri Christensen and Daniel Shillito, Esq.
Keep Our Seniors Safe Act Passes Senate Committee – Portantino’s Senate Bill 172
eNewsChannels NEWS: -- Consumer Advocates for RCFE Reform (CARR) announces its collaboration and partnership with California State Senator Anthony Portantino (D, SD 25) in the drafting of Senate Bill 172 Firearms, enhancing safe storage protections for the two most vulnerable populations in our society: the elderly and children.
Consumer Advocates for RCFE Reform (CARR) Welcomes New Board Member, Ms. Susan Valoff
eNewsChannels NEWS: -- Consumer Advocates for RCFE Reform (CARR) is pleased to welcome Ms. Susan Valoff as its newest member of the Board of Directors. Ms. Valoff was installed in this role at the organization's last board meeting on 14 November 2018.
Consumer Advocates for RCFE Reform has received a 2017 AARP Community Challenge Grant
eNewsChannels NEWS: -- 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.
Consumer Advocates for RCFE Reform (CARR) Announce First Corporate Sponsor, Grace Care Management
eNewsChannels NEWS: (SAN DIEGO, Calif.) -- Consumer Advocates for RCFE Reform (CARR) is pleased to announce Grace Care Management as CARR's first corporate sponsor. President and CEO Cindy Hasz stated, "Grace Care Management is pleased to support CARR's consumer advocacy work; it long overdue, and much needed by the growing numbers of seniors who are receiving assisted living placements in California."
In San Diego, CARR Awarded Grant for Age-Friendly Community Project
eNewsChannels NEWS: (SAN DIEGO, Calif.) -- Consumer Advocates for RCFE Reform (CARR) announced today that it is the recipient of a $30,000 grant funded by the Del Mar Healthcare Fund, through the Age Friendly Communities Program at the San Diego Foundation. The grant will move San Diego towards becoming an Age Friendly/Livable Community for All Ages, a designation of the World Health Organization and AARP.
Christina L. Selder, Principal Investigator, at CARR Presents Paper at 2016 GSA Annual Scientific Meeting
eNewsChannels NEWS: (SAN DIEGO, Calif.) -- 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.
CARR granted pilot project in to create a rating system for the San Diego County assisted living facilities
SAN DIEGO, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: The County of San Diego, Aging and Independence Services awarded Consumer Advocates for RCFE Reform (CARR) a fixed price contract for a pilot project to create a rating system for the County's assisted living facilities, and to develop a consumer-friendly website to display the ratings and facility information.
