Selecting an Assisted Living Community is one of the most important and difficult decisions that you may be asked to make - either for yourself or for a member of your family.

Ideally, you would have ample time to plan ahead; to tour and visit assisted living communities, to talk to residents and their families. Planning ahead is one of the best ways to ease the stress that accompanies choosing an assisted living community and it also helps to ensure that you have made a good choice of community and location once the decision is made.

Unfortunately, such a decision often must be made during a time of crisis - frequently, for example, when a person is ready to leave hospital after a serious illness or operation or when a health issue occurs at home.

The following information is designed as a first step to help you choose an assisted living community. Finding the right assisted living community is important to you or your loved one’s well being. The assisted living community selected will become the home and community for the individual involved.

Beginning the Search

Before visiting an assisted living community, try to get as much information as possible about their available options. Speak to your local community care placement agency, professionals in the assisted living industry, or to friends or acquaintances who have been in a similar situation. They can help focus your search for an appropriate assisted living community.

As you set about deciding on an assisted living community, it is also important for you to distinguish between what you want and what you need.

Ask yourself:

• What kind of care do you need?
• What is the lifestyle you would like to lead in the community?
• What is important to you - location, size of community, choices of accommodation, resident programs, reputation of the assisted living community?

The key is to match the person to the right assisted living community. Some people may want a safe and comfortable place to live. You may want an assisted living community that places special emphasis on ethnic factors, such as special food or a specific language, while others prefer similarity in religious background.

Once you identify what you want and need in an assisted living community, simply calling on the phone or visiting the website of the assisted living communities on your list may eliminate the need to visit them.

Visiting an Assisted Living Community

It is very important for you or a family member to visit the assisted living community prior to becoming a resident. A visit provides you an opportunity to talk not only with people who work at the assisted living community, but more importantly with the people who live and receive care at the assisted living community and to their families.

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The staff in our an assisted living communities will be more than pleased to show you around, answer your questions and make you feel comfortable.

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