Seniors be weary of "Free" Advice for placement in Assisted Living Centers

Children of aging parents often live a distance from their parents. As a result, either the children or the parents come to rely upon "Placement Services" as it relates to assisted living centers.

These placement services often receive a fee for each new resident that they recruit to a particular living facility. Thus, they are biased.

You can get objective and detailed guidance from the Assisted Living Federation of America http://www.alfa.org or the Nation Center for Assisted Living http://www.ncal.org

If you really need more help, think about hiring a geriatric care manager such as a nurse, social roker, or counselor. They may be expensive but worth it.

Geriatric Care Managers can be searched at http://www.caremanager.org

Other blogs that contain some great health info are:

http://blog.hcfama.org/?p=65

http://www.tabinc.org/blog/archives/2004/11/index.html

http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/2006/09/the_choice_a_lo.html

http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/
http://blog.thirdage.com/?p=613