The California Association of Health Facilities (CAHF) is a nonprofit professional association founded in 1950 to serve as a statewide organization for long-term care providers. The association and its members are dedicated to improving the quality of long-term health care in California through educational programs and proactive advocacy with the Legislature and administrative agencies.

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CAHF's membership is comprised of more than 1,350 licensed nonprofit and proprietary health facilities serving a wide spectrum of needs in a variety of settings.

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CAHF's members include skilled-nursing facilities, subacute-care facilities, intermediate-care facilities, intermediate-care facilities for the intellectually disabled, institutes for mental health and products and services providers.

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Our guiding principles are:

• Care of patients, clients and residents at every level of the continuum should be focused on individual need and consistent with the highest professional standards.

• Meeting the needs of people who require continuous health care outside the hospital or home muse be considered a mandatory element of any major health care reform effort.

• Public health policy should be broad-based and allow private sector initiative, market forces and consumer demand to shape the delivery system.

• In conjunction with an enhanced focus on quality assurance and outcome measurements, the regulatory system should ensure quality through the adoption of reasonable requirements providing positive incentives for good patient outcomes.

• Health care financing should feature a stable combination of public and private mechanisms which encourage delivery of high-quality patient care at an affordable price.

• Education, training and career opportunities for long-term care employees must be expanded to enhance the workforce and improve the quality of patient care.