Assisted Living 911: A Quick And Simple Guide To Help You Choose The Right Senior Community For Your Loved One - Paperback

by Andrew Leonard (Author)

"As a licensed clinical psychologist, I have worked with families as they begin, and then navigate, the complex experience of making decisions about senior care communities. This process includes, but is not limited to, deciding when to transition a senior from home to a care facility, what type of facility is most appropriate, and the family's budget. Often, over the course of this process, families evaluate the quality of a facility, and what cost options align with only to find that they have lots of questions and relatively few answers, and end up making what amounts to an uninformed decision, despite this being one of the most important that they may ever make. Assisted Living 9-1-1 is a compassionately written practical guide, giving living care decision making. It also provides targeted insider tips and strategies that family caregivers can use to guide decision making and frame discussions with senior community representatives, such that the process of choosing a care facility reflects specificity to straightforward, comforting and empowering resource. This book translates the enigma of decision making into easy to understand language and concise action steps. It is certain to be an invaluable companion to those who are facing and trying to embrace senior care decisions."-Teion Wells Harrison, PHD Licensed Clinical Psychologist-"This book is extremely detailed and answers every question that ponders the mind of an individual or even family when it comes to placing or making decisions for your elderly loved ones for an assisted living facility."-Erika Butler, RN-"Assisted Living 9-1-1 is a perfect resource for those inquiring about assisted living for a loved one. This book provides hands on instructions on how to prepare for the talk, how to get family on board, and how to solidify plans for assisted living. A lot of families have a hard time accepting the decline of a loved one. Oftentimes there are disagreements in the family about placing a loved one in assisted living, even if it's the right decision. I particularly enjoyed how this book provided conflict resolution to help one navigate through the discord. Overall it's an easy read with lots of helpful information. Two thumbs up!"-Sheena Hall, MSW LSW, Columbus, OH-As a family caregiver for many of us will come a time when a loved one will suddenly need the services of a senior living community.Often this need happens unexpectedly due to a major event in our loved ones' life.With so much educational material available, it can lead to information overload. Most seniors and their families are not prepared for such a life changing event.This leads to the family caregiver taking off work, emotional and financial stress, and making numerous decisions that affect themselves as well as their loved ones well being.Family members do their best to help their aging parent in an overwhelming journey often completing the process with an unpleasant experience or uneasy in their decisions.This quick, simple, and crucial resource will guide you through the complex situations families go through and provide solutions every step of the way so you can make educated decisions with confidence. This book guides you through: *Understanding the differences, positives and negatives of independent living, assisted living, memory care, nursing homes, and continuing care retirement communities; including senior community options many families are not aware of.*How to evaluate senior communities and avoid common pitfalls families regret*A detailed senior community checklist and questionnaire designed to aid in the prevention of getting taken advantage of *The average cost of these senior communities.*Options on how to pay for these services and dispelling some payment myths. *In$ider Tips located throughout the book*Having the discussion with your elder parent*Handling sibling disputes*Determining what level of care is needed for your loved one*And Much More