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A pair of San Diego State alumnae has won national acclaim as champions of California鈥檚 senior citizens.

Chris Murphy, 鈥�11, and Christina Selder, 鈥�08, are co-founders of Consumer Advocates for RCFE Reform (CARR), a non-profit group that monitors and researches California鈥檚 assisted living industry using the state鈥檚 public records. CARR leverages the information to advocate for residents and their families. (RCFE is an acronym for Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly.)

The CARR website, built with the help of 色情视频 student interns, contains PDF-file records of inspections, complaints and enforcement actions recorded since 2000 against facilities in San Diego and eight other counties. It is the only site of its kind in the state and will eventually include records from all California counties.

In 2014, Murphy and Selder received the First Amendment Coalition鈥檚 Free Speech and Open Government Award for their work, making CARR the first non-profit to receive this honor.

鈥淲e鈥檙e unique,鈥� said Murphy. 鈥淲e are providing to consumers what the state has been unable to provide 鈥� online access to the public records on assisted living facilities. In addition, we strive to provide context and support via FAQs, helpful links and community events.

Working with legislators

Murphy and Selder have also worked with state legislators to draft laws protecting seniors in residential care facilities. A bill introduced by Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins and signed by Governor Jerry Brown last August requires assisted living facilities in California to purchase liability insurance.

鈥淧reviously more than 85 percent of facilities elected to forego insurance, and court judgements against them were meaningless,鈥� Murphy said.

This year, a second legislative effort by Murphy and Selder, took aim at unscrupulous practitioners in the field.

If passed, the law sponsored by Assembly Member Cheryl Brown, will require the California Department of Social Services to publish the names of people 鈥渆xcluded from owning, operating and/or working inside any licensed care facility鈥� as a result of behavior 鈥渢hat endangered the health or safety of an elder.鈥�

A legal battle

Both Selder and Murphy come to the field of gerontology with personal stories that drive their commitment.

Raised in rural Louisiana by several generations of relatives, Selder was taught that families took responsibility for their elders. She majored in economics and international business at Louisiana State University before coming to 色情视频 to study gerontology, which was, she said, 鈥渁 passion all along.鈥�

Murphy was a contracts administrator in the aerospace industry when her mother was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and entered an assisted living facility after surgery.

鈥淪he survived the cancer, but not the facility,鈥� said Murphy, who waged a two-year legal battle with the owners and vowed afterward to work for reform.

False marketing

These days, aging is a 鈥渉ot鈥� issue, Selder noted, but senior advocates need reliable data to push for meaningful reform and families need unbiased information to make safe placement decisions.

CARR鈥檚 efforts 鈥渃onnect the dots鈥� for the public, matching resident care with resident risk inside facilities. With each year, Selder and Murphy continue to expand their consumer focused-website. Seniors and/or their families may also call to discuss what questions to ask when touring a residential care facility and how to initiate and navigate avenues of accountability.

鈥淗ere in San Diego and across the nation, residential care is marketed as resort, luxury-style living,鈥� Murphy said. 鈥淏ut as seniors become more dependent, they care less about the fancy decor and more about the one-on-one care and assistance they need to maintain their quality of life.鈥�