An interesting article in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette highlights the difficulty the state is having in its attempts to regulate the long-term care industry. Governor Ed Rendell (D) is meeting today with representatives from LTC advocacy groups to discuss a proposal that would create a new assisted living licensing category, separate from personal care and nursing homes. Currently, Pennsylvania lacks any official definition of assisted living and is struggling with recent personal care home regulations that The Department of Public Welfare cannot enforce due to personnel and funding shortages.