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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The best services are called geriatric care managers and they do not receive any kickbacks. You pay them to help screen places or manage care. Finding a place that can handle complex needs can be tough, and so can managing day to day care.

I wouldn't suggest moving to independent living without any step ups (e.g., memory care or assisted living) for someone in their 70s or 80s. Before you know it, one of them is going to need higher levels of care.[/quote]

This, however be careful. The ones that have all the connections to "age in place" will push that big time and use scare tactics to keep them away from AL. My mom's friend LOVES AL, but the Case Manager made it sound like she would be shivering alone bleeding in a corner with a concussion for hours. In reality her friend is living it up, making friends, going to nice restaurants and cultural events. Meanwhile mom is rotting at home watching too much fox news and sinking into paranoia. Oh and they tell you no-shows aren't an issue and one person can't leave a shift until another shows up. Lies. So many problematic things.

Screen the person. Make sure they don't have an agenda. Make sure they know the latest scoop on places. Yes, every place has issues, but my goodness my mother and her friend were similar in degree of aging and now her friend has aged backward and has a life and mom is a miserable mess firing caregivers and complaining, but refusing to move because her case manager worked at these places over a decade ago and said they were awful. Keep in mind her case manager is paid a small fortune as a case manager, where as a decade or 2 ago she was making minimum wage at these places so there's that.[/quote]

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