There is a big problem with the standards. the fact that large, corperation owned, private pay homes has to fallow the same standards as the small, family owned homes which accecept auxilary grant or AG. this is unfair and unjust. these standards are to strick and intended for large medical base homes, not small homes intended to be more of a soical structure. A small residental home with a maximum occupacy of eight residents only recived $9,200 giving they have a full house and or reciving all funds from local dss. with these standards they are required to have a staff of dietician cna,rn, med techs. at $10 a hr with 720 hours in a 30 day month payroll is $7,200.  Providing 3 healthy meals with  snack for 30days to eight grown men, grocery can run around $2,000 a mortgage or rent of $1,200 utilites (lights,water,phone,etc.) around $1,500 not to include repair,maintence  and cleaning supplies, exterminator, offices supplies, or the big one TAXES. the list goes on and on. its hard for any one to operate a successful busniess, or even its to top prority providing quility care to the residents with such strick standards and so little funds.  Something has to be done about the Assisted Living standards in order for the smaller, local family owned, residental, public pay AG homes to survive.