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Findings 8 findings
19-22
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Although most independent living home operators are well intentioned and do their best to provide a safe and secure living environment for their tenants, profits are so low in this industry that the money needed for repairs, capital investments and suitable client services often does not exist.
F19-22
Although most independent living home operators are well intentioned and do their best to provide a safe and secure living environment for their tenants, profits are so low in this industry that the money needed for repairs, capital investments and suitable client services often does not exist.
19-23
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Existing programs – Healthy Homes Department, Independent Living Association, Group Living Facilities Working Group – have laid the groundwork for a comprehensive approach to addressing independent living issues, but a lack of resources, coordination and focal leadership has limited their effectiveness.
F19-23
Existing programs – Healthy Homes Department, Independent Living Association, Group Living Facilities Working Group – have laid the groundwork for a comprehensive approach to addressing independent living issues, but a lack of resources, coordination and focal leadership has limited their effectiveness. 83
19-24
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There is a need for a searchable web-based database containing information about the location and quality of independent living homes in Alameda County. The database would allow investigators to systematically document complaints and conditions and would assist social workers and consumers to make appropriate placements.
F19-24
There is a need for a searchable web-based database containing information about the location and quality of independent living homes in Alameda County. The database would allow investigators to systematically document complaints and conditions and would assist social workers and consumers to make appropriate placements.
19-25
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The service area of the Group Living Facilities Working Group and the Group Living Strike Team is limited in geographic scope to unincorporated areas of Alameda County. Furthermore, the Strike Team is ad hoc and dependent on interpersonal relationships between individual agency staff.
F19-25
The service area of the Group Living Facilities Working Group and the Group Living Strike Team is limited in geographic scope to unincorporated areas of Alameda County. Furthermore, the Strike Team is ad hoc and dependent on interpersonal relationships between individual agency staff.
Recommendations 1
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R19– 20: Alameda County must provide ongoing support for the Healthy Homes Department’s Independent Living Initiative and implement a proactive rental inspection program that will identify and evaluate independent living homes throughout Alameda County, including incorporated areas.
Conclusions 1
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CL1 Page 13The imbalance of supply and demand for safe and secure independent living homes for vulnerable adults can only be corrected through a fundamental change in the business model. Because profits are so low in this industry, the money needed for repairs, capital investments and suitable client services often do not exist. At the same time, demand for group living is so great that there is a need for these businesses to grow and prosper. Thus, proactive attention to identification and inspection of rental units, education of operators, subsidies for home maintenance and repairs, and peer reviews must be elements for better housing of vulnerable adults. County government is well aware of the growing independent living crisis. The Healthy Homes Department’s Independent Proactive attention to Living Facilities pilot project and the nascent Alameda County identification and inspection of rental units, education of Independent Living Association, both with the support of the operators, and subsidies for Health Care Services Agency, are well-intentioned attempts to home maintenance and repairs, and peer reviews identify and evaluate independent living homes and educate and must be elements for better train operators. Likewise, the ad hoc county Strike Team has housing of vulnerable adults. responded to some group home emergencies. Although these projects have worthy goals, a compelling framework, and great potential, their effectiveness has been limited by lack of resources, coordination and focal leadership. To better meet the housing needs of our most vulnerable citizens, county government must implement an effective countywide program that creates a census of independent living facilities, maintains reasonable quality standards for residents, trains and supports operators to maintain high-quality homes, strives to maintain existing inventory, and attracts new independent living facilities into the market.
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