Iowa Health Care Association and Iowa Center for Assisted Living
The Iowa Health Care Association (IHCA) and the Iowa Center for Assisted Living (ICAL) serve the long term care profession as nonprofit trade associations. Our 580+ member facilities span the continuum of long term care in Iowa.
IHCA ICAL members provide services to Iowa’s frail and elderly served through nursing homes, assisted living and residential care facilities, independent senior living communities, elder group homes, and home and community based services. We are dedicated to enhancing long term care in Iowa by providing leadership, advocacy, information, and education to a broad range of providers, consumers, government agencies, and others comprising the long term care community.
As a participant in the national Quality First initiative, we continuously strive for quality improvement in Iowa’s long term care community. We are dedicated to professionalism, ethical behavior, and integrity among all long term health care providers.
IHCA and ICAL are affiliates of the American Health Care Association (AHCA) and National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL), respectively. AHCA is a non-profit federation of affiliated state health organizations, together representing more than 10,000 non-profit and for-profit assisted living, nursing facility, developmentally-disabled, and sub-acute care providers that care for more than 1.5 million elderly and disabled individuals nationally. NCAL is the assisted living voice of the AHCA. At its Washington, DC headquarters, AHCA/NCAL maintains legislative, regulatory and public affairs, as well as, a member services staff that works both internally and externally to assist the interests of the government and general public as well as member providers.
Who IHCA ICAL serves
IHCA members represent approximately 92 percent of Iowa’s nursing facility proprietary providers and 75 percent of nonprofit providers. ICAL represents 67 percent of Iowa’s certified assisted living programs. Our members serve more than 42,000 residents in the long term care continuum. These organizations employ more than 30,000 people who provide quality care to Iowa’s frail and elderly. We represent more than 92 percent of residents served through Iowa’s Medicaid program.
IHCA ICAL’s mission
- To innovate ways and empower caregivers in long term care settings to better serve those in need of care.
- To develop and protect the ability of the long term care provider to deliver, with integrity, responsive health care and others services to residents in a safe and secure environment.
- To ensure long term care standards and legislation positively support our members’ efforts to provide quality care by working closely with state and federal legislators and long term care regulatory agencies that impact long term care policy issues.
- To educate consumers to make informed decisions on care options.
Our Vision
Iowa’s frail and elderly citizens are entitled to a supportive and ethical environment in which professional and compassionate care is delivered.
This belief compels IHCA ICAL and its members to advocate not only for the long term care provider community, but also for individuals who, because of physical or psychological needs, require services in a long term care setting. We are dedicated to professionalism, ethical behavior, and integrity among all who provide and continually strive to achieve a higher quality of care.