Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Limited Information Available for Families Looking for Residential Elderly Care

It’s important to be educated on issues that can arise when seeking living centers for your loved ones. Most of us end up learning the hard way. So some of my posts, like this one, address things to watch out for so you can ask good questions when looking for care solutions for your family elders.

Some states have scant information available for families looking for residential elderly care. Be sure you probe deep enough to find out whether the care home residence you want to place your mom and dad into is solid by checking in with state agencies. Problem is, you may have to do more than a little digging because, as in the California case talked about in this article, the state's website on residential care homes provides very limited and even outdated information. More so, people are turning to privately run websites but are not necessarily getting useful information there either.

Moral to the story: Don’t assume what you find on the web, or in your first round of research, that what you see is up to date. Dig a little further. After all, what we are doing is making sure our family members are well taken care of.

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Theresa Tucciarelli
Elder Specialist
(831) 539-1000

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