McKnight’s recently interviewed three relatively new senior living association executives about their main agenda items going into 2016. James Balda, President and CEO of Argentum (formerly ALFA), NCAL Executive Director Scott Tittle, and LeadingAge President and CEO Katie Smith Sloan all weighed in on established and evolving issues facing the senior living and housing industries.
Here are the primary concerns each expressed:
James Balda, Argentum
- Workforce development
- Quality care
- Operational excellence
- Consumer Choice
Scott Tittle, NCAL
- State-level regulation maintenance
- Staff attraction and retention
- Data tracking and analysis technology
- Medicaid: assisted living spending, home and community-based services waivers
Katie Smith Sloan, LeadingAge
- Affordable payment models
- Long-term care preparedness
- Organizational succession planning
Source: McKnight’s. The Senior Living Agenda for 2016
