CCRC Oversight: Implications for Public Regulation and Private Accreditation

This article reports the results of a 1991 survey of oversight personnel in 26 of the 35 states with Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) legislation. The purpose of this descriptive study is fourfold: (a) to describe current state CCRC legislative activity, (b) to present state regulators' perceptions of legislative impact and emerging trends within their states, (c) to gain insights into the relationship of CCRC regulation and other state and federal regulatory mechanisms affecting units within CCRCs (i.e., assisted living and skilled nursing care), and (d) to explore regulators' perspectives of the role of accreditation for CCRCs. Results indicate that states struggle with how to regulate communities that contain units overseen by different state agencies and how to balance the intent of government oversight with self-regulation through accreditation.