Stop Warning Your Parents About Specific Scams. Teach Them This Instead.
By Jason Guy Mendenhall Founder, Utah Senior Care Advisors | Author, The Changing Face of Senior Living: What Every Family Needs to Know In 35 years of working in and around senior care, I’ve watched more good people get taken advantage of than I can count. Not because they were naive. Not because they weren’t […]
25 Things to Look For When Touring an Assisted Living Community
See more tips in my book The Changing Face of Senior Living https://a.co/d/0fPgZYmi. Touring an assisted living community can feel overwhelming — especially if you’re doing it while juggling work, family, and the emotional weight of helping a parent or spouse make a major life transition. A polished lobby and a friendly sales pitch can […]
What Elvis’s Guitar Player Taught Me About Getting Old
By Jason Guy Mendenhall Founder, Utah Senior Care Advisors | Author, The Changing Face of Senior Living link to my book https://a.co/d/0fPgZYmi. I grew up inside an assisted living community in Salt Lake City. While other kids had neighborhood friends, I had Holocaust survivors, World War II veterans, a presidential photographer, the first woman bank […]
Make the Best of the Holidays at Your Loved One’s Assisted Living Community
It’s the holiday season, so dipity do and dupity dop. The holidays can be a stressful time and the most wonderful time of the year. If your family is preparing for a loved one’s first holiday at their new assisted living home, there are a few tips that families should consider. Most communities will have […]
Different Types of Senior Care
Understanding the Difference Between Independent Living, Assisted Living, Memory Care, and Skilled Nursing There are so many options available these days that it can be difficult to know where to turn when your loved one needs extra care. In this article, we have highlighted some of the more popular facilities for seniors. Independent Senior Living. […]
How to Use Your Newsletter as a Marketing Tool
As a long-time manager of a number of assisted living and memory care communities, I am always curious to grab a community newsletter whenever I enter a facility. Nine times out of ten, I am expectedly disappointed. There is no gray area with community newsletters. Small companies print off drivel onto a pastel-colored piece of […]
Assisted Living Companies are Banking on the Baby Boomers
Helping a loved one transition from their cherished home into an assisted living community can be a challenging experience to say the least. Companies are building communities all over the valley in anticipation of the “Baby Boomer” generation eventually coming of age to need assisted living accommodations. The “Baby Boomer” generation (1946-1964) are nostalgically defined […]
Summer Fun
Everyone looks forward to the weather warming up so they can venture outside. Assisted living communities are no different. Whether you are going to feed ducks in the park or getting a hot dog at a baseball game, it important to make a checklist of necessary preparations and items needed in order to be comfortable […]
KEY TERMS OF ASSISTED LIVING
CNA– Certified Nursing Assistant, as they are called in most states. They provide direct care to the residents and administer medications under the registered nurse’s direction and license. POA– Power of Attorney. Assisted living administration must work directly with person responsible for making decisions for their loved one. Sometimes the resident themselves may have the […]
ADULT DAY CARE AND RESPITE CARE
With the cost of assisted living care through the roof, many families choose to take care of their elderly loved ones in their own homes for as long as possible. It is a demanding task that takes a lot of family support. Most families are unaware that a majority of assisted living and memory care […]