Posts Tagged ‘assisted living education’
A Look Back – Assisted Living and Personal Info
Hello again from Assisted Living Placements. I sometimes wonder if anyone is reading these articles. I certainly hope so, but regardless, they are good for me we are creating at archive of incredibly important information. With that in mind, I wanted to review a topic that we have covered before. Assisted living referrals services commonly [...]
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 Large Assisted Living Communities – Part 2
In our first installment on large assisted living communities, we covered quite a bit of ground. In general, we should now know about costs, services, strengths and weaknesses and layouts. In this episode, we will continue this education, by looking more deeply into these subjects. We will explore a day in the life of a [...]
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 [...]
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 – Part4 – Using Evaluation To Help Families
In our first three installments we have gone to pains to explain how a referral agent should evaluate an assisted living facility. We have seen how time consuming and costly this process can be and it takes little to imagine how many evaluations must be done to find good facilities. A dedication, conscientious assisted living [...]
A Discussion Assisted Living Referral Agents – Part1 – Not All Referral Agents Are Equal
When researching assisted living for a loved one, the help of an experienced referral agent can be priceless, but only if the referral service has a depth of information and clarity of purpose. It is, therefore, necessary to establish guides for identifying what makes a quality service as well as discussing how the agent can benefit [...]