Aging Services/CARF-CCAC

With the rapid changes and advances in services for persons over 60 years of age, CARF's aging services standards reflect leadership in the field internationally.

The continuum of care accredited by aging services/CARF–CCAC includes:

• Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs)
• Adult Day Services
• Aging Services Network
• Assisted Living
• Person-Centered Long-Term Care Communities
• Home and Community Services
• Case Management
• Independent Senior Living
• Dementia Care Specialty Program
• Stroke Specialty Program

Please refer to the aging services program descriptions or CCAC program descriptions for further details.

For more information on CARF aging services/CARF–CCAC accreditation, please email as@carf.org or call toll free (866) 888-1122.

Aging services lenders

Lenders seeking to invest in the senior housing and services sector may have questions about accreditation and how it helps identify an organization that is prepared to meet the terms of a lending arrangement.

Visit www.carf.org/lenders to get started.

The 2014 LeadingAge Ziegler 100 Expands to 150

The LeadingAge Ziegler 150 (LZ 150) lists the largest not-for-profit systems providing aging services through senior living in the United States, by order of their total owned market-rate units.

In the 2014 list, 37 of the LZ 150 operate 186 of CARF–CCAC’s accredited continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs), which represents more than half of the total number of CCRCs that CARF accredits.

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