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Top 10 Smart Strategies for Evaluating An Assisted Living Community
Top 10 Smart Strategies for Evaluating An Assisted Living Community
- Visit numerous residences and compare for yourself, keeping a journal where you jot down notes about each community.
- Pay close attention to the ways in which staff members attend to residents and meet their needs. Also, ask what the staff to resident ratio is.
- Carefully review the community’s calendar of activities, trips and planned events in particular; look for a varying assortment of activities designed to encourage everyone to get involved and keep them engaged.
- Try the food personally for taste and ask to see a monthly menu to determine variety. Ask if special dietary needs are accommodated.
- Look around the community and appraise such things as decorating schemes, along with cleanliness, landscaping and other “housekeeping” criteria that are indicative of a high quality assisted living community. Take note of items vital to a well designed assisted living residence, such as lighting, unobstructed pathways and accessibility.
- Stroll through the “common” areas where people congregate, including dining rooms and lounges; making a mental note of how residents share one another’s company.
- Ask about the security and safety measures that are in place at the community.
- Make it a point to go inside an apartment or two, evaluating such things as ease of moving about the apartment.
- Have a clear understanding of price structure. Also, inquire about any additional costs. Are there additional fees based on care needs? Ask what the annual increase in price is.
- Contact your county’s and/or state’s licensing agency to make certain the community is up to date with inspections and other requirements.
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