United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2007-05-30 monographic deposited born digital 67 p. GA 1.13:GAO-07-790R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-790R P0b002ee180370032 f:d07790r DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-790R machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-790R GAO-07-790R Agency evaluation Elder care Health care facilities Health care services Home health care services Nursing homes Patient care services Retirement Standards Institution accreditation Executive agency oversight Correspondence A70081 The Armed Forces Retirement Home (AFRH), an independent executive branch entity, operates two continuing care retirement communities (CCRC). It provides care in three settings--independent living, assisted living, and a nursing home--and also operates a health and dental clinic for residents. The responsibilities of a CCRC generally include (1) appropriately transitioning residents from independent living to other settings as their care needs increase, (2) ensuring the availability of appropriate health services as residents progress to higher-level settings, and (3) ensuring residents' access to community-based or on-site health care. The law establishing AFRH sets forth the framework for its oversight and management. The NDAA for Fiscal Year 2006 required GAO to assess the regulatory oversight and monitoring of health care and nursing home care services provided by AFRH. As discussed with the committees of jurisdiction, we focused our review on (1) the standards that could be used to monitor health care provided by AFRH and (2) the adequacy of DOD oversight of AFRH health care. To address these issues, we (1) identified existing standards applicable to health services in the three settings at AFRH and similar facilities; (2) discussed accreditation process and follow-up between accreditation surveys with officials from standard-setting organizations; (3) reviewed the statutory oversight structure for AFRH; (4) reviewed relevant DOD and AFRH reports related to oversight issues, including complaints; (5) interviewed DOD, DOD inspector general (IG), and service IG officials involved in oversight, including the Under Secretary's Principal Deputy (PDUS); (6) interviewed two civilian experts in health care for the elderly and retirement home administration serving on the AFRH-Washington Local Advisory Board; and (7) compared health care-related problems identified during Joint Commission accreditation reviews with those identified during service IG inspections. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-790R/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-790R.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-790R/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-790R.pdf GAO-07-790R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-790R Correspondence GAO-07-790R; Armed Forces Retirement Home: Health Care Oversight Should Be Strengthened; Agency evaluation Elder care Health care facilities Health care services Home health care services Nursing homes Patient care services Retirement Standards Institution accreditation Executive agency oversight Volume 115 Page 1012 115 Stat. 1012 Volume 119 Page 3136 119 Stat. 3136