Avoid for-profit senior living

[Anonymous]

For profit and nonprofit are both the same. Its facility specific.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How can you do that when the VAST Majority are for profit? Where are all of these non-profit places that have no waiting list?

You need to plan, because the good ones have waiting lists.

Tell your parents

The rate of decline of a parent is very hard to predict. And they have free will so you can’t move them without their consent. And the ownership of senior living/assisted living/memory care has dramatically changed. So many have been purchased by corporations in the past five to ten years.

There was a family owned place that was great right by my house. It got great reviews, I visited a friend’s mother there, the staff seemed happy. So that was the plan. Then 4 months ago it was sold to a corporation. Ton of staff turnover, friend says the place is going downhill and the nickel and diming of fees has started except these add ons are adding hundreds of dollars.

So you can plan and do everything right and still get the rug pulled from under you.

^ This 100%. You also don't know exactly what your parent may need in terms of care. You can't predict what health issues may arise. One parent had no memory issues but had a significant physical decline. The other had significant mental decline. We couldn't predict exactly what type of care they needed, until they needed it. And for those that suggest care within an apartment, in addition to socialization, there are other safety factors at play as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For profit and nonprofit are both the same. It's facility specific.

Are there some good for-profit CCRCs? Probably. Are some nonprofit homes bleak? I have no doubt.

But the odds that a center will start good and stay good are dramatically higher with nonprofits.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For profit and nonprofit are both the same. It's facility specific.

Are there some good for-profit CCRCs? Probably. Are some nonprofit homes bleak? I have no doubt.

But the odds that a center will start good and stay good are dramatically higher with nonprofits.

Pretty much agree. I don't like some of the changes with the non-profit CCRC in my hometown, but still loads better than the for-profit alternatives.