Archive for the ‘From the President’ Category
Happy New Year from Assisted Living Placements
Well, once again we start a new year, and so I thought I would say hello and comment on some of the changes we are seeing in the Assisted Living industry in California and specifically, Orange County. As we have discussed in depth, our industry is heavily regulated but, unfortunately, poorly supervised. This is partially [...]
Excerpt From Our New Book On Assisted Living
Salutations from Assisted Living Placements. We have been very busy here, helping seniors and their families navigate the confusing maze of assisted living options. But, somehow, I have found the time to work on a new Assisted Living Book. This book, the second in the Assisted Living series, is address to the assisted living owners [...]
A Closer Look at Large Assisted Living Communities – Part 3
 Salutations and welcome back from all of us here at Assisted Living Placements! Unlike most of our posts which are stand alone and can be read without and preference, this article is part three of a three part series. I suggest that you read the other two articles before trying to digest this information. Here, [...]
A Closer Look at Board & Care Homes – Part 3
In our last two segments on Board & Care Homes, we have covered quite a bit of the information that makes this type of assisted living special. We understand that they offer the highest ratio of caregivers to residents and that their pricing is quite fare, usually less than other options with lower ratios. in [...]
Assisted Living and the Activities of Daily Living
In many of our past articles, we have mentioned ADL’s or Activities of Daily Living. Assisted Living was created to help people who have trouble with these ADL’s, but what are they, exactly? Well, that is the topic of this informative, if long article.
Depending on who you talk to, there are six, seven or even [...]
So How Many Assisted Living Homes Have You Evaluated?
Welcome back to the Assisted Living Placements Blog, or more probably, welcome for the first time to the Assisted Living Placements Blog. Our goal here is to provide a forum for education on assisted living. We work diligently to keep our readers informed on changes and important events in this fascinating and important subject.Â
If you [...]
A Closer look at Board & Care Homes – Part 1
We hear a lot about Board & Care home in our industry and we have talked about them to some extent here, but what really are Board & Care Homes? After all, there is actually no term Board & Care in the legal vernacular of the state. So do they even exist and if so, what [...]
Many People, One Mind – Building Consensus
Assisted Living Placements is coming off another busy week, and as I reflected I started thinking about how much of our job is education and consensus building. So much of the assisted living placement process is sifting through multiple points of view, and helping educate people so that agreements can be reached. I think this [...]
A Discussion On Referral Agents -Part 6- The Ideal vs The Real
In the first five parts of our six part series, we have delved deeply into the world of the assisted living referral agent. We have discussed everything from evaluating facilities to assessing senior needs. We have illustrated how matching facility services with senior needs is one key of a good referral, and we have talked [...]
Assisted Living Referral Agencies and Your Privacy
I would like to take this opportunity to talk about one of the Assisted Living Placements policies that causes much contention between us and the assisted living communities and homes with which we work. It is a very interesting and illuminating subject, because it delves to the very base workings of an assisted living referral [...]