Medi-Cal and Other Programs for Low-Income Seniors
August 18, 2010

ALA is hosting a seminar presented by the Center for Health Care Rights on Medi-Cal and other healthcare programs for low income seniors. Space is limited. Please reserve your spot today.

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VISION 2015
January 28, 2010

Check out ALA's new Strategic Plan.

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ALA is featured in the Ahmanson Foundation's Annual Report
January 29, 2010

The Ahmanson Foundation featured ALA as a "Grant in Focus" in its Annual Report for 2008, released in the summer of 2009. The whimsical narrative tells of our organization's story through the perspective of both new and long time residents of our El Greco property. The piece offers a thoughtful tribute to Janet Witkin.
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ALA selects new Executive Director

Our Board of Directors sought out to find someone who will be sensitive to, honor and respect our Founder’s legacy and also nurture and grow our organization to meet the burgeoning housing and support needs of our aging population. We are confident that we have found such an individual with the right character to serve as our new Executive Director -- David Grunwald.
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Janet Witkin dies at 62; founder of organization to give seniors independent-living options
Los Angeles Times, February 23, 2009

Witkin, who was the executive director of the nonprofit Alternative Living for the Aging, started out by setting up roommate-matching services for seniors who wanted to stay in their homes.
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Seniors search for affordable housing
Glendale News Press, June 18, 2009

CITY HALL — Community development officials could soon be playing matchmaker for financially strapped seniors looking to share housing costs.
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Schwarzenegger visits El Greco House
Tuesday, April 21, 2009

On Tuesday, April 21, 2009, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger took the time to stop by one of our senior apartment buildings, the El Greco — The David & Sylvia Weisz Family Courtyard Apartments, to say hello and deliver a press release regarding the need for budget reform.

Sharing space, then lives
Los Angeles Times, November 6, 2007

Aging homeowners get practical help by taking in younger roommates. For one pair, it also meant deep friendship and familial devotion.
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