President’s Blog

The ICC is Working Through the Sprinkler Requirements for Institutional Care

Several weeks ago, I announced that RALNA had begun working with the International Code Council Health Care Committee. This committee, and others, make the recommendations for changes to the International Building Code (“IBC”) and International Fire Code (“IFC”), and International Residential Code (“IRC”), and other code documents that are adopted by state and local governments. …

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RALNA is Now Engaging with the International Code Council and National Fire Protection Association

Brian Pinkowski, President RAL Owners have a number of challenges that arise primarily because governments focus on industrial health care models for seniors. Governments like to work with giant organizations that look like . . . well that look like government. The result is often regulation and enforcement that fundamentally promotes large-scale senior care operations. …

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Gene Guarino: Commitment to Quality, Persistence, Acceptance of Others

Brian Pinkowski, President The 2021 RAL National Convention has come to an end and many of us have come to learn of the passing of Gene Guarino, the great light of residential assisted living. For those of us that knew Gene, and those of us inspired by his vision to improve and expand residential assisted …

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Working to Tackle the Traffic Boogie Man

Brian J. Pinkowski, Esq., President How much additional traffic does a Residential Assisted Living Home (“RAL”) generate in a residential neighborhood? This is a question often raised by cities and neighbors when a new RAL is proposed for a residential neighborhood. The national standard used by cities to determine the potential traffic impact is from …

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