If your facility is an Assisted Living or Skilled Nursing Facility, when you join WHCA you automatically become a member of our national affiliate representing the interests of long term care in Washington D.C., the American Health Care Association (AHCA) and/or National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL). AHCA/NCAL’s important role on the national long term care scene has become even more critical with the recent onslaught of federal rules for skilled nursing facilities and the increasing focus on residential care and assisted living. The relationship between WHCA and AHCA/NCAL describes many of the accomplishments of both organizations, as both require each other to adequately address the many issues now facing long term care facilities. Becoming an active member of the AHCA/NCAL can have many great benefits, not the least of which is participation in the political process at the national level.