Daphne Davis from Pinnacle Senior Placements joins Suzanne Newman on the Answers for Elders Radio Show to provide us with a checklist to use while touring senior living communities, part of the process of helping a senior loved one downsize to a new home during a life change. Daphne points out the advantages of having a placement advisor to help have a successful transition. She highly recommends selecting a placement advisor or referral agent – they don't cost you anything and provide a wealth of information during this process.
Daphne says, "When you finally decide on where you want to go and tour, if you're going to a community that's assisted living or memory care, a large community, I would recommend no more than two a day. And as you're observing these things, you get to ask questions of the person that's touring with you. Now these things become very natural to someone like myself. We're going to observe things and we're going to ask the questions that you may not have even thought of. But all of these things are important in terms of you making as an informed decision as you can to not have another move for your loved one.
"There's a whole aspect of this touring piece that you as a consumer would very likely not know. And those are things about turnover of staff. Has the building recently been built or sold? How is the management, have they been there for ten years or 10 minutes? All those things make a big difference. But you, the consumer, will likely not have privilege to that information."
Daphne goes into detail about her checklist:
1. Visit one or two per day
2. How do the residents look?
3. Do the caregivers greet you?
4. Other things you might not know to ask
Reach Pinnacle at 1-855-734-1500 or visit PinnacleSeniorPlacements.com.
To final a referral agent in your area, visit the National Placement & Referral Alliance website search.
Learn more:
* Pinnacle Senior Placements at Answers for Elders.
* Hear more podcasts with Daphne Davis
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