I am a runner, and I am in what you might consider mid-life. I love every minute of it, but yes, there are times when I wake up in the morning a little more sore than I might have been…
Assisted Living can help younger folks too!
A few times a week, I seem to be reminded that there is confusion around assisted living, and long term care. I think there is still the perception among many people that assisted living can only help seniors, or those…
Very interesting message from a son looking for assisted living for his dad
Here is another very interesting message we received from a son looking for assisted living for his father. Something I have never heard of is his explanation of ammonia affecting his father’s brain adversely when he forgets to take his…
Looking for Temporary Assisted Living Programs for Recuperation
Another great email question that came through on our site – asking about temporary assisted living programs for a mother who is recuperating from surgery. I like to post these – especially for those people wanting to get into assisted…
Question About Untrained Assisted Living Facility Workers
Here is sort of an angry message/question we received today from someone, apparently an employee at an assisted living facility who is obviously untrained for what he or she is expected to do at the facility. Here’s the message: “How…
Cannot contribute fully to society anymore?
Another interesting message came through our site today – directed at a specific facility on our site. Apparently, the facility in question describes the elderly as those who “cannot contribute fully to society anymore.” The person who wrote the message…
Activities Director for Assisted Living Facility
A great message came through our site today – from a person wanting to be the activities director for an assisted living facility in Florida. I wanted to post this message (name taken out, of course) – as she had…
Open casting call for assisted living facility administrators
Assisted Living Directory has been around for close to 6 years now! It has been an exciting journey, and I have had some great successes with the site so far – we hope that will keep happening! Lately, I have…
It’s getting crowded around here…sort of
Gee whiz – the assisted living space is getting pretty crowded – and crowded with some pretty shady characters. Seems like every time I look at my blog comments, there’s another spammy, awful “referral” service or site trying to post…
Looking for assisted living for 91 year old grandmother
Another great question directed to one of the facilities on our site (names have been removed).. My 91 year old grandmother has been living with us for some time. She had her 3rd hip operation in May and came home…
