ALW guides
Looking for a form? Every ALW form by name and number, and who fills it in.
Pick where you are: living at home, in a nursing home, already in an assisted-living home, on the waitlist, offered an opening or helping someone professionally.
Not sure yet? A few questions show whether ALW may fit. DHCS decides eligibility after the nurse assessment. The check is not a decision.
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15 things people often assume about the Assisted Living Waiver, what is true in each case, and what to do instead: Medi-Cal, the waitlist, homes, costs.
If your family member is in a nursing home, ALW may pay for care in an assisted-living home instead. Who decides whether that is safe, and what to ask.
You are enrolled in ALW. What the monthly visit is for, which changes to report, and who to call, with the numbers, when something is not right.
Already paying privately for assisted living? ALW may cover care services going forward. What it does and does not pay, and how to check.
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Beta's ALW referral checklist: what to have ready for the call, the quick fit check, which records come later, and what to tell the patient and family.
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Whether a patient or client may fit California's Assisted Living Waiver, what to have ready for the call, and what Beta's ALW team does next.
How hospital and SNF discharge planners refer to ALW: what ALW cannot do for a discharge date, what to have ready for the call, and the 60-day priority.
How community social workers and case managers refer a client to California ALW, and how to keep the client safe while no one can say when a slot comes.
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The five ALW care tiers and what Medi-Cal pays an assisted-living home for each in 2026, from $95.69 to $270.80 a day, and how the nurse assessment and DHCS decide the tier.
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