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GAO-07-790R 1 (2007-05-30)

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       Accountability * Integrity * Reliability
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548


         May 30, 2007

         The Honorable Carl Levin
         Chairman
         The Honorable John McCain
         Ranking Member
         Committee on Armed Services
         United States Senate

         The Honorable Ike Skelton
         Chairman
         The Honorable Duncan Hunter
         Ranking Member
         Committee on Armed Services
         House of Representatives

         Subject: Armed Forces Retirement Home: Health Care Oversight Should Be
                  Strengthened

         The Armed Forces Retirement Home (AFRH), an independent executive branch
         entity, operates two continuing care retirement communities (CCRC).' It provides
         care in three settings-independent living, assisted living, and a nursing home-and
         also operates a health and dental clinic for residents. The responsibilities of a CCRC
         generally include (1) appropriately transitioning residents from independent living to
         other settings as their care needs increase, (2) ensuring the availability of appropriate
         health services as residents progress to higher-level settings, and (3) ensuring
         residents' access to community-based or on-site health care. The law establishing
         AFRH sets forth the framework for its oversight and management. The National
         Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2006 required GAO to assess the
         oversight of health care provided by AFRH.'

         As of 2006, AFRH served about 1,200 individuals at its Washington, D.C., campus who
         have served primarily as enlisted personnel in the armed forces. Eighty-three percent
         of AFRH residents are divorced, widowed, or single; the majority are male and the



         'Hurricane Katrina destroyed the AFRH Gulfport, Mississippi, facility in 2005 and many residents now
         live at the AFRH Washington, D.C., campus.

         2Pub. L. No. 109-163, § 909(b), 119 Stat. 3136, 3405.


GAO-07-790R Armed Forces Retirement Home

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