As a Senior Engineer with a large national management consulting company, Glen Haddock was asked in 1983 to testify before the Oregon legislature as to the business viability of the small home care concept for seniors.

NOTE: In the early 1980's, Oregon had put a moratorium on building or adding any new nursing home beds with the intent of moving state Medicaid clients into a less costly and more social model of care.

As a result of the hearings, the State of Oregon applied for and was granted the very first Medicaid Waiver to pay for Medicaid care outside of a nursing home in a more home-like setting. Subsequently, Glen designed and operated the first models for this type of care which were named Adult Foster Homes.  The State of Oregon received a lot of attention nationally for this innovation.

Initially,Adult Foster Homes were unlicensed in any way, and the public had no way to know who, either by ability or intent, could provide safe, quality care for Oregon's seniors.

Because of his experience, Glen was asked to sit on the special governor's committee to formulate the first rules and regulations for these small care homes. Licensing was then established.

Dealing with the need for promoting a better image, Glen organized Residential Care Referral Service (now EZ Transitions) with the purpose of evaluating each home and provider of care as to its safety and quality. RCRS was the first such Adult Foster Care referral agency in the state of Oregon.

Glen then organized the Oregon Residential Care Association (ORCA) for caregivers with the purpose of providing a Code of Ethics for caregivers and set up a format for minimum training standards.  He served two terms as president.

Glen sold his Adult Care Homes many years ago to concentrate on the referral business. Sometime later, the first assisted living facility was constructed. As assisted living grew, Glen kept pace by qualifying and monitoring each new facility.  Along the way he became nationally recognized for his assisted living expertise.  (Today, his consulting firm, Haddock & Associates, Inc., consults on assisted living development and analyzes markets throughout the United States - (www.alfmarkets.com/ )    

 EZ Transitions, refers clients to a broad range of Adult Care Homes, Assisted Living and Residential Care facilities (including Alzheimer care).