Posts Tagged ‘orange county assisted living’
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 [...]
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 [...]
A Closer Look at Board & Care Homes – Part 2
In our first installment on Board & Care homes we painted a very broad, general picture of the assisted living type known of in the vernacular of the industry as Board & Care. In this article we will refine our discussion. Here we will focus on specifics of this type of care option and will [...]
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
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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 [...]
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 [...]
A Discussion On Referral Agents – Part5 – Client Needs Assesment
In our last article we discussed how thorough evaluation of facilities prepares a referral agent for the challenges of finding care for diverse clientele. Even though facilities receive the same type of license, we have shown how different they can still be.  We have illustrated how an in-depth evaluation will educate an agent of the [...]
Offense At A Facility’s Decision
Recently, one of our agents was working diligently with a family looking for a new Board & Care home, here in Orange County. Bill, from our office, took the initial call and set about putting together a compressive needs assessment.  It looked pretty straight forward, after all, our client’s mother has been living in a [...]
A Question of Decency
I am sorry to report that recently I was made aware of an occurrence at an Orange County assisted living community that has me very disturbed. Assisted Living Placements is currently in the process of investigating this incident, and until we have all the facts, we will not release any names. I do want to relay [...]