That's what they're doing, targeting individuals with cognitive impairment.". Most interviewees also agreed that there are likely more illegally unlicensed personal care homes than they are aware of. If the facility is providing licensable services in an unlicensed setting, the state then sends a cease and desist letter, copying the LME-MCO and the local APS. Using the 2012 annual Medicaid LTSS expenditures report produced by Truven, we identified ten states that spent the highest percentage of their LTSS expenditures on HCBS and those that spent the least. As described by all informants, complaint systems are the most common strategy used for a state or locality to become aware of unlicensed care homes. An Online Resource for Skilled Immigrants. 4GEMS ADULT FOSTER CARE. The City of Houston established legislation that requires boarding homes housing three or more individuals to register with the city. Overall, key informants were able to provide little information about the prevalence of illegally unlicensed care homes (henceforth referred to as unlicensed care homes); informants we spoke with at both the state, local licensure office and APS reported that they do not currently systematically monitor or track unlicensed care homes. Key informants did not offer any information on potential ways to identify unlicensed care homes or existing databases of these places. While we visited only three communities, the concerns articulated by the case study respondents were echoed by SMEs from other areas of the country and are consistent with the literature and media reports in the environmental scan. Unlicensed care homes--which provide room, board and some level of services for two or more unrelated individuals, but are not licensed or certified by the state--fill some of the gaps in the availability of housing and services for these populations. The aging housing stock in Allegheny County was also a cause of concern for a few key informants, as it relates to the number of pre-existing buildings that cannot meet the state regulatory building code requirements for licensed personal care homes. In Florida, operators of illegal homes use a variety of schemes to hold themselves out as not requiring licensure. Leslie was arrested on multiple counts of abuse and. A few interviewees agreed that in cases such as this, the operators are motivated by their desire to care for people; they are just not aware of the licensure requirements. Health, Safety, and Sanitary Conditions. Pennsylvania's BHSL and the North Carolina Adult Care Licensure Office and Mental Health Licensure Office will offer to work with unlicensed residential care homes to help facilitate licensure. One key informant also emphasized that the limited monitoring of legally unlicensed care homes limits the state's ability to identify and subsequently address any issues of quality or safety in these settings. Positive Actions by States to Improve Oversight of Unlicensed Facilities. Hawes, C., & Kimbell, A.M. (2010). Abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation of these vulnerable residents appear common. Findings indicate that a variety of policies may have an impact on the supply of and demand for unlicensed care homes. Furthermore, some key informants noted that some unlicensed homes fail to provide or arrange treatment for residents' conditions in order to avoid bringing the attention of authorities. 20 or fewer individuals 55 years of age or older that is operated in conjunction with and as a distinct part of a licensed nursing home. In addition, one key informant indicated that operators of unlicensed care homes have illegally obtained electrical service utilities through covert connections with neighboring homes. Based on the collective feedback of a diverse group of key informants, unlicensed personal care homes appear to be prevalent and problematic in the state. Instances or allegations of physical and psychological abuse and neglect of residents were reported by SMEs and key informants and highlighted in the environmental scan. That makes it difficult for the licensing agencies to understand what's going on because they don't have the information and aren't privy to it.". 2. In Michigan, a group home must be licensed if the owner receives compensation for providing personal care, supervision, and protection, in addition to room and board to people who are mentally ill or disabled. SMEs and site visit key informants noted that individuals being served in unlicensed care homes are very vulnerable adults. (2012c). <>/ExtGState<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 612 792] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>> Care must be provided in a private home where the licensee is a permanent resident and household member. restriction of group homes, both their siting and operation. Some larger facilities operate as unlicensed "residences" by requiring residents to contract with a separate corporation for provision of all ADL or nursing services. DISCLAIMER: The opinions and views expressed in this report are those of the authors. Ten states (Delaware, Georgia, Louisiana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Washington) require residential care homes to be licensed if they have at least two beds. These increased costs have also impacted the populations that licensed care homes will accept, according to multiple key informants. Education: Statewide or Interagency. The information collected as part of this exploratory study was intended to provide a foundation for a more complete understanding about unlicensed care homes and the gaps these homes might fill as housing options for persons with low incomes. Retrieved from http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/554/not-it. According to many of the key informants interviewed, hospitals are increasingly under financial pressure to discharge patients to free up beds, which is believed to contribute to the ability of unlicensed care homes to fill beds and stay in business. No other coordinated agency efforts beyond the state licensure office, APS, and the LME-MCO were described by key informants. If states have reduced funding for HCBS needed by low-income elderly and disabled individuals, thenlicensed care homes, which may have higher rates and fees than unlicensed homes, may no longer be an option for these individuals, or they may be faced with a potentially longer waiting list for licensed care homes. The Allegheny County PCRR has sent letters to hospitals and their discharge planners informing them about known illegally unlicensed personal care homes to which they should not discharge patients; however, according to two key informants, discharges to these homes have continued. Stop elder abuse petition. Safety issues affect local fire departments. Multiple key informants spoke about the significant impact of the closure of this hospital in Allegheny County and the western part of the state as it relates to the possible continued proliferation of illegally unlicensed personal care homes. Please note a group home for adults may require a Home for the Aged or Adult Foster Care Home license if the level of care provided at the facility meets the licensing requirements of one of these license types, see the Department of Licensing & Regulatory Affairs, Bureau of Community & Health Systems. Tobia, M. (2014). Notably, most key informants said the operator of a licensed home may also operate one or more unlicensed homes, often in the same neighborhood and often in collaboration with friends or family members. In Michigan, a group home must be licensed if the owner receives compensation for providing personal care, supervision, and protection, in addition to room and board to people who are. 3.4.4. Thirty states require residential care homes to be licensed if they have at least one bed.7 Massachusetts exempts small private-pay homes from licensure. All of the key informants shared their perspectives about what is driving the closure of personal care homes. This key informant shared a list of seven placement agencies that work with hospitals in Allegheny County. Unlicensed group homes: Their challenges, the push for legislative change, and how to identify rogue operators Tera Roberson , Special Projects Producer Published: November 5, 2020, 2:19 PM . Key informants included representatives from the state licensure office. Fiscal note, 81st legislative regular session. Below we present a sample of the varying state definitions of lawfully unlicensed and illegally unlicensed residential care homes. The new regulations were implemented to monitor and provide oversight of personal care homes with four or more residents, while reducing the number of homes that legally did not require licensure. Rates for MHA residents range from $2,075 to $3,319 per month. Also, the information collected from newspapers, ombudsmen, APS staff, or other agency reports (by their very nature) skew towards negative events. In some states, APS has very limited responsibility and involvement. First, there is a lack of information about the effect of various state and national policies on the vulnerable individuals the policies were designed to protect and whose well-being they were intended to enhance. Although limited in scope, the study provides foundational information about unlicensed care homes based on a narrow review of the literature and the reports of select SMEs and key informants in three states. Community safety personnel recommended interviewing local code enforcement divisions for thoughts on illegally operating unlicensed care homes, and consulting EMS personnel because they go out on every 911 call to a house or home and may have more experience with unlicensed care homes compared to firefighters. Licensing rules for family child care homes can be found in Sections 400.1901-400.1963 of the Michigan Administrative Code. Florida: A media report stated that in 2012 the licensure agency received more than 200 complaints about unlicensed activity and confirmed 62 were unlicensed--a 60% increase since 2010. Strategies for identifying and addressing quality in legally and illegally unlicensed care homes appear to differ across states. In this kind of scam, food stamp benefits are reportedly stolen from residents, who are then provided with little or outdated food, and may subsequently go hungry or beg or steal food from neighbors. Neglected to death, part 1: Once pride of Florida; now scenes of neglect. As noted, the responsibility and authority of ombudsmen in unlicensed care homes--even in terms of receiving and acting on complaints--varies from state to state. No Legally Unlicensed Residential Care Homes Are Allowed in Some States. According to SMEs and key informants, the following factors are likely drivers of the demand for unlicensed care homes in their communities or states: The policies that licensed care homes have against admitting residents who exhibit behavior problems and those who have substance use disorders, or to discharge residents who develop these problems. Key informants described the way the teams function. (2012b). They deny services such as assistance with medication are being provided to residents, or assert they are only providing housing for alcoholics, ex-convicts or people with mental health issues to avoid having to become licensed. Although a substantial amount of information and suggestions about methods of identifying unlicensed care homes came from site visits to communities in three states (Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Georgia), whether any of these strategies will apply to other states or other communities is unclear. At the state level, Pennsylvania investigates a relatively low number of illegally unlicensed personal care homes per year. These steps include site visits to suspected illegally unlicensed care homes, during which an ombudsman may inform residents of their rights, APS may conduct abuse or neglect investigations, licensure staff may assess whether the residents should be in a licensed care home based on the level of service needs, and code enforcement staff may determine if the home meets regulatory code requirements. Currently, 46 states provide some type of SSP (SSA, 2015). As described by the majority of key informants, the primary motivation to maintain an unlicensed care home is to maximize profit. One key informant stated that if a call comes in and the name of the care home that is being reported is unknown, then the next step is to call the state licensure office. However, a representative from a state advocacy agency estimated that about 2%-3% of their 4,800 calls annually, or approximately 120 calls statewide per year, were related to unlicensed facilities. The literature review was not an exhaustive effort, but rather a targeted scan of information on unlicensed care homes in the peer-reviewed and grey literature, abuse blogs, and media reports. Web log.Retrieved from http://www.stopelderabusepetition.blogspot.com/2013_06_01_archive.html. Per state regulations, this is not considered a permanent structure, and therefore does not meet the appropriate building requirements to be a licensed facility. Identification of unlicensed care homes is triggered by complaint calls to state or local authorities by community members or family members. For example, some states have adopted policies including licensure regulations that allow legally unlicensed care homes to operate. In addition, hospital discharge planners reportedly work with placement agencies to find housing for patients who cannot return home alone. Settings Note: Home Help services cannot be approved if a client is residing in a licensed or an unlicensed foster care home. Next, the local group monitoring office or the state would attempt a site visit. 3.4.5. In 1999 legislation (PA 99-80) passed, authorizing trained, unlicensed personnel to administer medication to elderly people in residential care homes (residents must be ambulatory and generally less frail than those in nursing homes). Poor quality of care, instances of physical abuse, toxic combinations of medication, and use of stun guns, were also reported (National Association of Medicaid Fraud Control Units, 2015). The state regulatory agency can send letters to illegally operating facilities and fine them $500. We also heard suggestions from some SMEs and state stakeholders for improving safety and quality. As a result, we also examined HCBS expenditures in a select number of states. There are three ways to file a LARA report with the State of Michigan. However, unlicensed care homes, which provide room and board and some level of personal care services, but are notlicensed by the state, fill some of the gaps in the availability of housing and services for these populations. Due to services being brought into these homes, interviewees thought further interviews with home health staff or hospice staff may yield additional information or lists of unlicensed personal care homes that may include illegally unlicensed establishments. A few key informants noted that this funding arrangement affords state and local agencies the resources and time needed to investigate illegally unlicensed personal care homes. Multiple interviewees suggested that it was important to quickly involve code enforcement and local health departments in efforts to close an illegally unlicensed personal care home. <> Licensure offices and other agencies or organizations respond to complaints made by concerned citizens, including family members and friends of residents, neighbors of unlicensed care home operators, health care providers serving unlicensed care home residents, firemen, ambulance services, police, and licensed care home operators. One of our study states made it a crime to operate an illegally unlicensed residential care home, and some states have the capacity to penalize unlicensed care homes with monetary fines. This American life, episode 554: Not it! Multiple key informants discussed the impact that policy changes regarding community-based care have had on unlicensed care homes in their communities, including state efforts to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements. Durham County key informants estimated that since 2012, approximately five calls have resulted in cases being investigated as potential unlicensed care homes. https://dev.michigan.local/som/json?sc_device=json. In the past few years, Georgia has developed an interagency task force including law enforcement and social services agencies which has trained and prepared many staff to deal with these homes. Discussions with key informants in the state suggest Georgia has a high prevalence of these homes. Concerns about abuse and neglect were a major topic of discussion during interviews, and they extended across illegally and legally unlicensed homes. We also heard from nearly all state-level informants that some operators routinely shifted residents from one address to another if an APS worker, other advocate, or potential regulator showed up at the facility asking questions. Klavinger says his grandmother, 80-year-old Mary Helen Plummer, had lived on her own for years. We found reports of Medicaid fraud in unlicensed care homes in Florida and Nevada between 2009 and 2014 involving charges of false imprisonment, resident neglect, grand theft, and/or operating an unlicensed assisted living facility (National Association of Medicaid Fraud Control Units, n.d.). In Georgia, efforts are now under way to provide workshops for law enforcement that clarify the new laws about unlicensed care homes and how law enforcement and agencies, such as aging and licensure can work together to identify and investigate crimes against at-risk adults and prepare the necessary components for successful prosecutions. Finally, as noted in the report, many individuals seek care in unlicensed care homes because they are in other undesirable situations, such as experiencing chronic homelessness or unnecessarily institutionalized. Personal board and care homes: A hidden population in Anne Arundel County. In Iowa, legislation to restrict the actions of some operators of large licensed assisted living facilities to recategorize or redefine themselves as a "residence," (e.g., boarding home) that does not require licensure was proposed but did not pass. Furthermore, many licensed facilities are unwilling to admit or retain individuals with challenging behaviors. For example, key informants in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, stated that police in rural areas of the county are more responsive to reports of unlicensed care homes than are the city police. Through a targeted series of interviews and a scan of the literature, we sought to contribute foundational information about unlicensed care homes. Individuals who are poor, experiencing homelessness, or individuals with a mental illness who cannot return home orhave no home to return to after being discharged from the hospital are a source of clients for unlicensed care homes. Regulatory changes and the role of multidisciplinary task forces (which are relevant to both legally and illegally unlicensed care homes) are described next, followed by a summary of the strategies discussed during interviews to identify and shut down illegally unlicensed care homes and to monitor and improve quality in legally unlicensed care homes. As a result of the newspaper expos, Georgia enacted new stronger laws. Several SMEs and key informants noted that individuals who had only SSI to pay for care have few options for housing and care, and often end up in unlicensed care homes. North Carolina's Adult Care Licensure Office licenses two levels of adult care including family care homes and adult care homes. Troubled Group Homes Escape State Scrutiny. 4 0 obj 8"r7GrAg 365o){11c>9c)T:/V;Mi/nf>b-agH3z=r+Bb0a^0 XPX;.GbJ\ ^koLs%t)+#&l. Hospital discharge planners are not required to check the licensure status of the place to which they are discharging patients, and often discharge them to unlicensed homes. Newspaper and media reports generally focus on what they view as the dramatic; the positive aspects of unlicensed care homes are often omitted from these reports. In contrast, one key informant stated that one repeat illegally unlicensed facility had housed residents who had thrived there and had benefited from living in the home. Trafficking in persons report. One key informant stated that one in four residents of Allegheny County are over age 60, and that this population presents a growing need for affordable residential care homes. Those individuals who remained in the city were placed in day programs. I will guide you on how to start and open your Unlicensed Group Home so you can have a life of freedom to do the things that you want to do and on your own terms. This shifting of residents from one unlicensed home to another to avoid detection and oversight was also described by the media in Texas and Georgia. One key informant shared a specific case of a repeat offender that operates an unlicensed adult care home out of a double-wide trailer. Anne Arundel County Fire Department, Millersville, Maryland. Audio podcast. It is important to note that legally unlicensed care homes are not typically tracked by local community agencies, organizations or states. Informants noted that interagency, multidisciplinary teams at state and local levels are imperative to the success of shutting down unlicensed care homes, and to address the various issues involved in such closures, such as meeting the housing and services needs of residents, addressing any criminal behaviors of the care home operators, and ensuring the safety of the house or facility and neighboring properties. Neglected to death, part 3: Inspectors find violations at Lauderhill ALFs. nmpV[0VM.T1B2L3qHY' w|Z?paTjSy`6GEk1BL67d.VX7dNO!7hj. Report on Texas boarding houses. Thus, future research might be warranted to determine the characteristics of residents in unlicensed care homes and whether they differ across legally and illegally unlicensed homes. In Texas, when the bill that would have authorized DADs to inspect and license unlicensed residential care homes, legislation was enacted that permitted cities to license RCFs not licensed by the state licensure agency. For example, as part of interviews with SMEs, we asked them to recommend potential key informants to meet with during site visits. Further details on findings from the environmental scan can be found in Appendix B. They noted that some unlicensed care homes provide good care; however, SMEs and other informants consistently reported substantial concerns about neglect, unmet health needs, unsafe and unsanitary conditions, abuse, financial exploitation, false imprisonment, and moving residents to different care homes across communities and states to evade detection. Additional research on unlicensed care homes will be valuable to build our understanding of the role--intended or unintended--of these places in our long-term services and supports systems, and the policies affecting it. If the facility does not close, law enforcement (not the state licensure offices) fines the illegal operation $50 for the first offense and $500 for each additional offense. Incentives this modest provide little encouragement for residential care homes to incur the cost of licensure if their primary clientele has only SSI to pay for care. The state primarily uses reports to their complaint system to identify illegally unlicensed personal care homes. Media reports described operators with licensed facilities who also operated a series of unlicensed homes in secret. Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Room 415F Both the information we collected about unlicensed homes in the literature review and that which we collected through interviews mostly paint a negative view of these settings. Findings from our limited number of interviews with site visit key informants and SMEs are consistent with the information found during the environmental scan. Other states also track complaint calls as a means for identifying unlicensed care homes. Medicaid in residential care. However, in Allegheny County, key informants stated that locally the regulation is interpreted and applied differently, and that a Dom Care facility could not have more than three residents total, regardless of the case mix or payment mix. Other SMEs reported that efforts to discharge or divert residents from nursing facilities to community-based settings led to greater use of licensed RCFs and noted instances in which residents who exhausted their private funds might have no options other than unlicensed residential care homes. While the information herein is not generalizable--it is based on a targeted scan and a limited number of interviews--it does highlight the fact that unlicensed care homes appear to be a problem in at least some states. With the passage of a new law in July 2012, it is a misdemeanor to operate an unlicensed personal care home, and if an unlicensed care home is linked to abuse, neglect, or exploitation, the violation is considered a misdemeanor. Lax enforcement in personal care homes. This conflicted with other media reports that describe Arizona citizens calling for closing the loopholes in state laws to prevent "imposter" senior living facilities that use false advertising (Azmfairall, 2013). Health Management Associates. Like the SME interviews, each key informant interview began with a general question to ascertain what the interviewee knew about unlicensed care homes. Multiple key informants also stated that a Dom Care operator with the maximum of three individuals may be considering adding other residents or has possibly tried it before, therefore interviews with some Dom Care Operators may yield a unique perspective on the motivations to operate unlicensed care homes. The base rate is $982.46. Two key informants noted that they only see the worst cases of illegally unlicensed personal care homes, so they could not offer examples of adequate or good care that may occur in those they do not investigate. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure youre on a federal government site. Key informants in two states confirmed that some hospitals there contract with placement agencies that, in turn, place individuals in unlicensed care homes, particularly individuals with limited resources and mental health issues. Media and state reports have highlighted homes operating deliberately illegally--that is, they are avoiding required licensure or certification (Tobia, 2014; Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police Ad Hoc Committee on At-Risk Adult Abuse, Neglect & Exploitation, 2013). We then looked to see if those percentages might be related to the number of number of unlicensed care facilities in those states. Several key informants reported that unlicensed care home operators "troll" the psychiatric wards of facilities like Grady Memorial Hospital, looking for residents. He recommends additional research, enhanced coordination and cooperation among local agencies, education for first responders about unlicensed group homes and how to identify at-risk individuals, and stronger advocacy for risk reduction strategies to prevent fires that involve large loss of life (Tobia, 2014). [13] 3 Some residents were also described as transitional or homeless, while others were described as persons with substance use disorders. Legally Unlicensed and Licensed Care Home Operators. As states are working to meet their ADA obligations as reaffirmed in Olmstead vs. State licensure offices primarily depend on complaints via phone calls3 that come first to a local county APS or regional licensure or monitoring office. During an interview Tuesday, 7 Investigator Heather Catallo shared the Special Investigation Record from the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, which oversees Adult Foster Care Facilities. 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