Reach your goals with the right education partner. Whether stepping into a brand-new role or ramping up skills, the right resource makes a big difference.
Laurel Senior Living Education leverages 20 years of senior living policy, regulatory, and practice experience to deliver authoritative and approachable online learning using the latest features in instructional design.
Laurel Senior Living Education partners with motivated individuals to achieve their personal and professional development goals. LSLE takes seriously our role in equipping adult learners to gain the expertise and confidence necessary for serving in senior living care and services in Florida.
Begin your 26-hour learning experience with an interactive, online training that prepares students for Florida's ALF Core Competency Test and to become our next ALF leaders.
We believe preparing you to do well on Florida’s Competency Test prepares you to do well in your role as an Assisted Living Facility Administrator.
Kickstart your review with the LSLE Test Prep Course. For those who have completed a 26-hour ALF Core Training Program and want a boost in preparing for the Competency Test.
Not looking for frills? Well, this course has a few: an insightful lecture, original study aids, and challenging test questions that will give your study time a jolt.
Florida’s ALF regulatory model balances resident independence and organizational compliance within a framework that supports diverse service models. This one-hour, on-demand video training delivers a tight agenda addressing high profile aspects of our regulatory environment, personal practice and responsibilities, and the enforcement framework.
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Lee Ann Griffin
Lee Ann Griffin is a Florida certified ALF Administrator, approved by the Department of Elder Affairs as a certified Alzheimer’s trainer for skilled nursing facilities and assisted living facilities, and is an ALF Administrator Core Trainer. Lee Ann has served the senior living care and services community in Florida for more than 20 years, developing extensive expertise in rules, laws, and policy affecting assisted living and skilled nursing facilities.
In her role as an educator, Lee Ann delivers a creative and authoritative learning experience that supports individuals seeking to grow their own contributions within the senior living care and services community.
Begin your 26-hour learning experience with an interactive, online training that prepares students for Florida’s ALF Core Competency Test and to become our next ALF leaders.
We believe preparing you to do well on Florida’s Competency Test prepares you to do well in your role as an Assisted Living Facility Administrator.
Through this 26-hour course, students will explore in detail the competencies prioritized by Legislators and regulatory bodies as evidenced by Florida’s curriculum outline and Competency Test. Student knowledge will be tested using insightful quizzes and carefully crafted tests organized to support self-assessment and review. Students are invited to join live weekly office hours with their core trainer to pose questions about the lectures. Students have access to the course library which includes the searchable companion training manual and original study aids developed just for this course to help learners visualize complex ideas.
Starting Out or Ramping Up
Individuals beginning their professional journey in senior living care and services in Florida will have an experienced guide to help them understand their responsibilities to residents, gain perspective regarding the regulations, and operate a business that is declared by the Legislature to be a public trust.
Clinical practitioners and health care administrators will recognize and appreciate the level of regulatory authority, attention to detail, and the organizational focus on success with the Competency Test.
The LSLE Advantage
Taking a 26-hour ALF Core Training Program is required by law. Choosing a good ALF Core Training Program will genuinely help you pass the Competency Test. Choosing this ALF Core Training Program will accelerate where you land after the Competency Test.
Kickstart your review with the LSLE Test Prep Course. For those who have completed a 26-hour ALF Core Training Program and want a boost in preparing for the Competency Test.
Not looking for frills? Well, this course has a few: an insightful lecture, original study aids, and challenging test questions that will give your study time a jolt.
Individuals who have taken a 26-hour ALF Core Training Program know there’s a lot of content to cover. It’s hard to become an expert on the regulations that govern assisted living; it often takes years.
Regulatory content is the foundation for the ALF Competency Test; that’s why the LSLE ALF Test Prep Course offers a strategy: begin with Florida’s priorities for aging care and services, learn how to research this field, understand the test’s structure, and tackle some tough questions.
Lecture:
Students attend the lecture to get a good sense of the test structure and its emphasis – and learn how to use the library resources to study. The lecture also points students to primary and secondary regulatory sources, including how to approach standards like the Florida Building Code.
Library:
LSLE Study Aids as good as they sound:
Exam:
The final exam draws from an extensive question bank, allowing for retakes that challenge. A sampling of questions organized by area of competency help highlight student weakness or strength. Like Florida’s ALF Competency Test, two hours are allotted for the 100-question, multiple-choice final exam.
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Medication Management is a key personal service offered to seniors who are transitioning to an Assisted Living Facility. Florida’s regulatory framework balances personal autonomy with safety by differentiating the administration of medication and ALF responsibilities within capability levels. ALFs are recognized as residential environments that should be operated and regulated differently than medical or nursing […]
Florida’s Legislature adopted another bill affecting Assisted Living Facilities this year. Similar to 2025’s failed bill (HB 493 Redondo), the successful bill (SB 1404 Burton) focuses on memory care environments. SB 1404 was addressed and negotiated throughout the 2026 Legislative Session. Attendees of FHCA’s ALF Lobby Day addressed the bill, it was supported in testimony […]
As Assisted Living Facility owners, administrators, and managers will know by now, the Agency for Health Care Administration recently revised admission provisions, changing the infectious status of persons who may be admitted to or retained by an Assisted Living Facility. This policy shift was in development for 2 years and, as a member of the […]
Executives and managers working during the COVID-19 pandemic will recall their unique transitions of care challenges. Assisted Living Facilities, Skilled Nursing Facilities, and Hospitals scrambled to admit, triage, quarantine, and discharge patients and residents in the early and middle days of the pandemic when there was an unhealthy dose of anxiety about what we didn’t […]
Assisted Living Facilities in Florida will soon be doing their part to comply with The Emily Adkins Family Protection Act (HB 1421), effective July 1, 2025. The bill is named in memory of Emily Adkins, a 23-year-old woman, who died from a blood clot which formed after surgery. This legislation affects emergency and post-acute care […]
LSLE’s ALF Inspections At-a-Glance: Authorities and Scope rounds up the inspections that ALF’s are most likely to see, including their areas of focus, frequency, and responsible regulatory body. Holding an Assisted Living Facility license in the State of Florida is considered a public trust and a privilege (s. 429.01(3), F.S.). This perspective is reflected in […]
HB 493: Agency for Health Care Administration is one of the bills of interest to Assisted Living Facilities moving through the 2025 Legislative Session. Filed on 2/10 by Rep. Redondo (R-118), the bill follows last year’s focus on Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders by proposing modifications to s. 429.177 – .178, F.S. The bill would […]
10/4/24 Update: The rule below was withdrawn. This means there is no change to Admission Procedures related to communicable diseases in Assisted Living Facilities. The Notice of Withdrawal may be found on the Agency for Health Care Administration’s Rulemaking site. ## Today, the Agency for Health Care Administration published a final rule changing admission procedures […]
There’s nothing like giving a live presentation for generating interactive energy between attendees and the presenter. I appreciated the audience questions I received during the ALF Administration 101 presentation at the FHCA Annual Conference & Trade Show earlier this week. Questions tended to pop around Adverse Incident and Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation requirements, especially since […]
I’m excited to be part of ALF Day, presenting ALF Administration 101: Compliance Confidence is Cool live and in-person at the Florida Health Care Association Annual Conference & Tradeshow in Orlando. Monday, July 22 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. Rosen Shingle Creek, Orlando In developing ALF Administration 101, I’ve curated the Florida ALF Executive Director’s domains of practice, moving […]
Florida’s health care providers that are required to conduct employee background screening, were sent a reminder from the Agency for Health Care Administration earlier this month regarding a shortened timeframe for reporting to the Background Screening Clearinghouse. Employers have long since been required to log in to the Agency’s Background Screening Clearinghouse within 10 business […]
The LSLE License Renewal Timeline for Assisted Living Facilities highlights and applies the timeframes given in Florida Statutes to license renewal. Assisted Living Facilities are licensed for a two-year period and the renewal regulations include specific milestones that, if overlooked, will quickly complicate the renewal process, and cost the ALF some cash in fines. Renewal […]
A new video training detailing how HB 299 (R-Black; R-Salzman) changes Florida’s longstanding ADRD education has been produced by LSLE for those health care providers impacted by the bill. Effective July 1, 2023, HB 299 expands training requirements to certain non-specialized health care providers, changes topics for others, introduces an additional 1-hour requirement, and modifies […]
The new No-Rules Review is the latest addition to the LSLE ALF Core Training eLearning Program tools and resources. The No-Rules Review for the LSLE ALF Core Training Program is a streamlined version of the 26-hour eLearning course that equips students to sit for Florida’s Assisted Living Facility Administrator Competency Test. The No-Rules Review is […]
On Wednesday, the Agency for Health Care Administration conducted a rule development workshop to address a new Direct Care Workforce Survey which will be required to be completed by Assisted Living Facilities and Nursing Homes as part of the license renewal process. We learned at the workshop that it will likely be another 5 or […]
The Agency for Health Care Administration is conducting a rule hearing next week to update record keeping requirements that would connect to several newer policies which have been mandated for Assisted Living Facilities over recent years. The proposed rule modifies s. 59A-36.015, FAC, by adding to the elements of information an ALF is required to […]
Does Santa Clause need a background screening? We recognize that Santa Clause might enter an Assisted Living Facility without following the ALF’s visitation policy, and some Administrators have argued convincingly that they must initiate a Level 2 screening on Santa’s behalf through the Agency’s Background Screening Clearinghouse. Granted, once Santa’s fingerprints, photograph, and screening are […]
Designing and implementing an Activities Program for residents is an essential aspect of an Assisted Living Facility’s responsibilities. Its importance is reflected in the regulatory emphasis codified in the Resident Care Standards (see s. 59A-36.007, FAC, below). Activities are offered for both an ALF’s general population and for residents with special needs like Alzheimer’s disease […]
With Hurricane Ian search and rescue and cleanup efforts underway, Florida’s Assisted Living Facilities and Nursing Homes will soon be evaluating their individual emergency responses and discussing with their teams what worked well and what may not have gone as planned. It’s particularly timely to pay attention to the Agency for Health Care Administration’s proposed […]
This week the Agency for Health Care Administration filed an amendment to s. 59A-36.012, FAC, with the Department of State which will update the dietary guidelines that must be used by ALFs in their meal planning for residents. The updated meal planning resources are: USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025 Dietary Reference Intake Tables, 2019 […]
According to the Employment Situation Summary released June 3 (U.S. BLS), employment in the Nursing and Residential Care Facilities sector in the United States rose by 5,000 in May. However, this increase still represents about 46,000 fewer workers than this time last year (2021) for this sector of the job market. Hospitals did better and […]
Laurel Senior Living Education’s new one-pager, Policies Referenced for Assisted Living Facilities (see link below), lists the areas of operation which must function under a policy developed by Assisted Living Facilities in Florida. The free tool supports Administrators and LSLE’s Core Training students in conducting a policy check. As the Agency for Health Care Administration […]
More people taking Florida’s ALF Administrator Competency Test find the Records module the most difficult. This is a little surprising given that other modules, like Medication Management, have considerably more weight on the test. One explanation may be that students mistake the Records module’s modest 2 objectives as meaning that there’s not much content addressed […]
The fastest and the largest growing segment of the senior market is the middle-income seniors whose financial resources are expected to be below annual Assisted Living costs. While developers focus on older adults with at least $62,000 in annual income, it’s the middle-income senior population that will nearly double by 2029. Financing is just one […]
As the 2022 Legislative Session begins its final week, the In-person Visitation bill (HB 987) is scheduled for its second reading in the House Chamber, positioning for passage by Sine Die this Friday. Affecting Assisted Living Facilities, Hospices, and Nursing Homes (and others), the bill requires providers to establish visitation policies and procedures. Florida’s residents […]
In 2021, the Agency for Health Care Administration proposed extending the use of an all-hazards approach to Assisted Living Facilities, Adult Day Care Centers, and Home Health Agencies. The rule would require integrating all-hazards planning within providers emergency plans.
The 2022 regular Legislative Session convened in Tallahassee on January 11. One of the earlier bills to drop proposes modifying certain in-service requirements for employees of Assisted Living Facilities and Nursing Homes.
The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration clarifies their survey intentions for COVID-19 vaccination mandates.
According to an 1/7/22 alert from the Agency for Health Care Administration, Florida’s Assisted Living Facilities and Nursing Homes are receiving at-home COVID-19 test kits to use for symptomatic residents. The initiative includes a requirement for reporting to CDR Health. Administrators can view the User Workflow Guide to learn what to report to CDR Health. Read more […]
Time for ALFs and Medicaid HCBS service providers receiving federal COVID-19 relief funding in 2020 to report how they spent the funds. Deadline is March 31.
Providers serving on legislative or regulatory boards will be interested in this white paper (ASPE/HHS) that explores how to conduct regulatory impact analyses. Sections 3 and 4 of Uncertainty in RIAs (9/21) details approaches and tools.
States are given until March 2023 to demonstrate compliance with the home and community-based services settings rule. CMS’s State Medicaid Director Letter (SMD # 20-003) addresses ALFs sharing grounds with presumptively institutional settings. The Agency’s Federal Authorities Unit is responsible for Florida’s compliance with the federal HCBS rule.
OSHA is cleared to begin enforcing COVID-19 Vaccinate-or-Test mandates for certain employers; legal challenges continue.
AHCA/NCAL reports on OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Standard
CMS updates visitation requirements for Nursing Homes (Ref: QSO-20-39-NH REVISED 11/12/2021). ALFs may be interested in viewing the edits shown in red.
OSHA directed to take no steps to implement or enforce their COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Standard until further court order
An approved Agency form has been developed that ALF providers may use for residents opting out of the daily recitation of their medication names and dosages during assistance with self-administration of medications pursuant to s. 429.256 (3)(b), F.S.
Workforce issues threaten Assisted Living operations according to a survey of Assisted Living providers.
A new infection prevention rule for ALFs was adopted by the Agency on 8/16. Hand hygiene programs, standard precautions, and disinfection of assistive devices are referenced.