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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where do you get elder care social workers?  
Are they the ones that are "free" because they recommend facilities?[/quote]

No.
Those are placement services. And they can sometimes be helpful in giving you a list of facilities in your area so you can know where to start.
But just be aware that they will also just blast your name out to every single community so you’ll be inundated with calls from admissions and sales people from those places, and pretty much left to figure out how to choose one on your own. Then the placement service gets a commission like a finders fee from the community if you sign in the dotted line.

The kind of agency PP referred to is more like a care management company. These are usually smaller companies that will handle the items that family members typically handle if they lived in town and/or didn’t have full-time jobs. They will help make doctor appointments and assist with vetting senior living communities or in-home caregiver companies or manage financial matters or whatever is needed. As another PP stated, it’s expensive (like $150-200/hr) but most charge in small increments and you can get a good amount of oversight and management for your loved one using this type of service for $800-1500 a month. 
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