How Online Senior Placement Agencies Work & How CarePatrol is Different

You may have heard about senior placement agencies, but if you are not sure how they work or what they do, you aren’t the only one. Most families are not sure how to help elderly loved ones when they need to find an assisted living community or how to choose nursing homes that will provide loving care and have reasonable occupancy rates. Here’s what you need to know about making an informed decision about communities in your local area so your elderly loved one can have the best possible living situation. Keep things like cost, personalized assistance, and quality of life in mind.  

How Online Senior Placement Agencies Operate

In today’s world, it’s natural to research products and services online. However, when it comes to researching assisted living and memory care options for your loved one, beware! It can be confusing to understand how online senior placement agencies operate.  When you’re not clear on what senior placement services will do for you and your loved one or whether senior living placement services have your loved one’s best interests in mind, it’s best to take a step back and do some additional research before committing to an agency.  Whether you want to move your loved one into an assisted living community or somewhere else, here’s what you need to know.  

An Example of Assisted Living Confusion

When you search for assisted living communities in your search engine, you may see numerous websites that are not assisted living facilities. Rather, they’re online agencies contracted with multiple assisted living providers in the given area. As you access their website information, you will notice that you are not reviewing the services and amenities of a specific assisted living or memory care community. If you call or enter your contact information into an online agency’s website, your information may be emailed to multiple assisted living providers. This results in numerous phone calls and emails inquiring about your loved one and inviting you for a tour. Additionally, you may never meet their senior advisor other than by phone or email. While this process may be perfectly acceptable to you, please remember that it can occur during a stressful period when you must make a quick care decision for your loved one. It could also happen when you’re not ready to decide because you are just doing some initial investigating. There’s certainly no risk to searching an online agency’s website. Still, a good practice is to click on their “privacy” link at the bottom of their homepage to understand how they will disclose your information before providing your contact information.  

Should You Just Pick an Assisted Living Community?

Some family members will choose a random senior living community for their loved ones. The decision may be because the community advertises independent living, is close to home, or the reviews look good. Unfortunately, that’s not really a good way to select a senior care facility. There’s much more to finding quality independent or assisted living communities than a quick search. In general, you should look at senior living options with an eye toward medical care, financial burden, quality of senior care, living arrangements, desired location, and whether they can create a smooth transition for your loved one. If you think that sounds overwhelming, you’re not alone. Making informed decisions can be hard, especially with so many senior living option considerations. Many seniors cannot safely make their own choices and rely on a family member to help them.  Even if you do your own research, you may still not be confident that you are choosing the best place to support your aging loved one.  

How CarePatrol’s Senior Care Advisors Are Different 

Trying to “go it alone” when choosing a senior living community can be too difficult, but what if you don’t want to give your contact information to senior placement services that are going to inundate you with calls during an already stressful time? Are those the only two ways you can find a senior living space for your loved one? Fortunately, there’s a third option: CarePatrol. At CarePatrol, your contact information is treated confidentially until you wish to disclose it to a senior living provider to whom we introduce you. We offer a local, personalized, hands-on approach by preferring to meet with you in person, pick you up and accompany you on tours, and meet with your loved one at home, the hospital, a rehab facility, or wherever they are. We’re not your typical senior placement agency. We’re highly focused on helping people find assisted living communities or other senior living options for their loved ones.  Our goal is to provide you with a stress-free process that doesn’t add to your confusion or concern during an already difficult time. Our free service was started by a social worker after seeing the trauma inflicted on a family whose loved one was placed in the wrong kind of facility for their needs. We worked hard to become the pioneer organization and referral agency for placing loved ones in senior care, and we continue to focus on seniors and their families when they need us most. As a national network of local small business franchise owners, CarePatrol’s mission statement is “to provide safer care options for seniors.”  

What You Can Expect from Working with Us

Our local senior care advisors are franchise owners who understand the value of protecting older adults and want to provide them with essential care options to meet their needs.  If you have a loved one ready to move to a senior care community or need more than in-home care can provide, working with us can give you information and options. The aging process is complex, and many factors work together to influence the outcome of a senior living decision. We can help you navigate social, health, and financial concerns to find the right care option. Our local senior care advisors pre-screen all our facilities, so you’ll know what you’re getting when we connect you. Working with us takes all the guesswork out of finding the right care options for your senior loved one so both of you can relax and enjoy more time together. We’re honored to provide the value we offer to seniors and their families and are deeply committed to ensuring that your loved one will get the care they need in a comfortable place they can truly call home.  

Ready to Learn More?

Reach out to a local senior care advisor to discuss senior care options in your area. Our placement agency offers a free service to help you and your loved one find the right senior care option for their needs.  The senior care industry can be difficult to navigate at times, especially for older adults, but with a little extra help, valuable insights, and a free consultation, you can decide if CarePatrol’s help is right for your loved one.