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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Following up on my post: there is NO good source for this, and the worst turn I made was signing up for A Place For Mom where I just got a ton of calls and texts and was out in touch with a couple of corporate chain places with kind of sleazy pricing models.  Literally one of the sales guys for a place in Manassas was like, “Look, come and sit down and I’m sure we can do a deal.”  It was giving used car sales vibes, as my son said.  Gross.

What was most useful to me was reading ALL of the inspection and licensing info for places near us on the Virginia state licensensing site for long term care facilities (including assisted living).  They had detailed inspection and complaint reports.  That helped me immediately rule out a bunch of olaces.   Then I called places and asked about vacancies and pricing, explaining he had a good pension but little savings.  That ruled out a bunch of others that were way over his price range.  I read Google reviews and a bunch of other review sites.  And we visited a few places in person.

We ended up choosing Spring Hills Mount Vernon in Alexandria.  (I wrote more details about it on another thread today.)

I wanted to leave this year in case anyone else is hopeless in this search….this place was actually AFFoRDABLE on a federal pension for my FIL ($3800/mo), had one up front community fee of $2000 and a $250 charge for his call-alert button thing he wears around his neck, but no other “buy in”.  To be clear it’s not fancy…no pickleball courts or pool or workout room, but he wouldn’t have used those anyway.  But his apartment is really spacious for an efficiency, they have an in-house medical practice that comes once a week (which he loves because going to the doctor is basically his hobby), transportation to other appointments within 5 miles, 3 meals a day, laundry, housekeeping.[quote]

Thank you for posting this. I am sorry you had such time-intensive decisions to make. We are facing this soon as it is just me and my adult children and I was recently diagnosed with Parkinson's. It's about time for me to start locating and pricing options.
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