I have a personal story about trying to decide if in-home care was the right decision for a loved one. I know our site is focused on Assisted Living, but I do believe there are a few instances where In-Home…
Simple Ways To Add Life To Your Assisted Living Home
I have had the great fortune, and great pleasure (seriously) of having been invited to visit many different assisted living facilities, and residences over the past 10 years. Many of the invitations have come as a request for me to…
Be Wary of the Assisted Living Gold Rush Mentality
This industry, assisted living, scares me, and make me worry often. Having been involved with the assisted living industry for the past 10 years, and with our site having had a significant presence online during that time, I’ve witnessed what…
Senior Site Transparency and Trust
How many senior care sites have you been to recently that have the same ‘formula’ – offering quite a bit of ‘teaser’ information about facilities and care, but then, to get to the actual meat and potatoes of the information…
How To Spot A Questionable Senior Care Website
Did you know that there is a database of 36,000-plus assisted living facilities that can be easily bought, and made into a large ‘comprehensive’ senior care website fairly quickly? I say ‘comprehensive’ in a tongue-in-cheek manner, in that the information…
Appreciation Trumps Expectation
So, I am on vacation this week, and any time I am on vacation, I think about things I would normally not consider, or have time to think about – thus, the wonder of vacation, time off, spacing out, and…
My Personal Experience Using A Senior Care Advisor
It’s ironic in a way that I actually used my own site to try to find care for my mother-in-law, and I must say, I am extremely pleased with the results. I will try to explain my experience in the…
Falling, Concussion, and Recovery – My Experience
I won’t understate how the past few weeks have been for me – they have been frightening and frustrating, and now I am thankful and hopeful that what I am experiencing won’t last forever. I can definitely say that I…
Transportation – A Necessary Service For Any Successful Facility
You may be wondering what this photo has to do with assisted living. Well, not much in a direct sense, obviously, but this photo did get me thinking about assisted living in a roundabout way. I took a little trip…
