Nursing Home Administrators

The United States is well supplied with organizations involved in the administration and support of health care and other services for its senior citizens in the nursing homes where many of them live and in the hospitals they frequent. The American College of Health Care Administrators is a nonprofit membership association that provides educational programs, professional certification, and career development opportunities for its members. The more broad-based American College of Healthcare Executives has health care executive members worldwide who lead hospitals, health care systems, and other health care organizations. Its board offers certification in health care management and local chapters provide access to networking, education, and career development. The American Health Care Association represents nonprofit and for-profit nursing facility, assisted living, developmental disabled, and subacute care providers that serve about one million elderly and disabled individuals every day. The Association of University Programs in Health Administration is a global network of colleges and universities, faculty, individuals, and organizations dedicated to the improvement of health care delivery. The Commission on Accreditation Healthcare Management Education  is an interdisplinary group of educational, professional, clinical, and commercial organizations devoted to accountability and quality improvement of education for health care management and administration professionals. The National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards has a membership or regulatory boards and agencies that are responsible for licensure of long-term care administrators in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.