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I never really realized how big Fresno, California is. I have most certainly heard about it many times, and I think that I have been through there a couple of times as a kid, but never really grasped that it is a pretty major city in California. I suppose that it can be said that it is in a pretty good location too. You are near wine country, the mountains and Yosemite, and just a hop and a skip away from Sacramento. There is a pretty heatlthy senior population in Fresno as well - almost 50,000 residents are over 65! Fresno also has the UCSF Fresno Alzheimer’s & Memory Center, which is a pretty big deal for many seniors considering assisted living in this area.
For these reasons, I have added Fresno assisted living to the site - a page dedicated to this great town. My hope is that this page will become the difinitive resource for the Fresno area for assisted living and long-term care.
I think California in general is going to see a huge boom in the number of seniors in the coming 4-5 years. The weather is one major factor that would attract more seniors, but California also has a very ‘friendly’ atmosphere when it comes to ‘alternative’ lifestyles, which may attract seniors that wouldn’t feel welcome in more conservative states.
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There is no way for us to monitor every facility or senior care service on our site, so if any of our users know of any ‘red flags’ or safety issues with any facility or service on our site, we will investigate and remove it from our directory. Just contact us with your information and we will promptly look into it.
We are very excited that we have added interactive google maps to our premier (paid) listings. These maps are robust, and can show a street, satellite, or hybrid view of the neighborhood that the assisted living facility is in. It also does a “pin” marker to show exactly where the facility is on the street.
This was a fun and slightly challenging project to do. Google mapping is a little “hairy” to figure out. You have to “geo-code” each address to find the latitude and longitude of the facility so it will map properly. Then, you have to figure out all of the different javascript coding that google provides to be able to do the mapping.
However, once it is all said and done, it really adds a nice feature to listings. You can see an example of google mapping in action here.
I was thinking today about this website, and really, what the point of it is. I then started thinking about what our mission statement would be. I think I came up with something fitting:
Our mission: Assisted Living Directory strives to make quality online advertising accessible and affordable for assisted living facilities of any size.
Many of the bigger sites out there charge a pretty stiff premium to list a facility, which cuts out a lot of the smaller “mom and pop” facilities that don’t have the deep pockets. It is my hope that my site will become a widely used resource to find assisted living of any type or size, in any part of the U.S.
So there it is. I may fine tune it a bit down the road, but essentially, that is the mission of the site.
We are excited to roll out our blog that will cover anything and everything having to do with assisted living. We may even throw in some random humor and subjects as well! Keep an eye out for new posts, as we will do our best to keep this blog informational and entertaining!