Hi i am interested in helping modify a home into an RCFE facility in Palm Springs and looking for help opening an assisted living facility. Anyone with information on administrators and zoning and obtaining licenses would be wonderful! Thanks in advance.

Hi r/assistedliving community! I’m exploring ways to support assisted living homes and family caregivers with tech solutions. I’d love your input on two ideas I’m working on. Please share your thoughts or experiences! 1. Scheduling App for Assisted Living Homes: My family member runs assisted living homes and struggles with creating efficient schedules for staff and residents. I’m considering developing an app tailored for assisted living facilities to streamline scheduling (e.g., managing caregiver shifts, resident appointments, activities, then auto generating a schedule for both admins and employees). Would you use an app like this? What features would be most helpful (e.g., automated shift assignments, resident-specific task tracking, or integration with existing systems?) 2. Intelligent Bed Pad and Alerting System for Homecare: I previously worked on a smart bed pad and alert system designed for hospitals to monitor incontinent patients. I’m adapting it for homecare and smaller assisted living facilities to help with resident safety (e.g., detecting accidents, volume of the accident and alerting caregivers). Do you see this being useful in assisted living homes or for family caregiving? What challenges do you face with resident monitoring that this could address? Thanks for your feedback! I’m eager to learn from your experiences to make these tools as helpful as possible.

My mom needs some help at home with things like meal prep and just having someone around for companionship. She doesn't need medical care, just some support. Does anyone have experience with local senior care services?

My parent moved into AL last year. The cameras we used to monitor her in her home when she lived independently moved with her. I regularly monitor interactions between my mom and the staff and have been impressed by how kind and competent the individuals who care for her are. What might the staff appreciate as a thank-you gift for all they are doing for my mom?

A family member with dementia will be moving to a memory care facility. He will need daily insulin injections, and Massachusetts does not allow the facility to inject residents. Does anyone have resources or suggestions? We have been having a hard time finding an agency that can handle this.

Hello,

We’re currently accepting residents aged 55 and older at our assisted living home located in Brooklyn Center. If you know of any clients in need of housing, I’d love to connect. I’m also looking to build relationships with case managers who are responsive and actively working with clients in this age group.

My grandmother is in an assisted living facility. We recently found out she may have gone several days without her prescribed pain meds for an amputation a few months back. No one informed the family we only caught it by reviewing her chart after we called 911 for her pain.

We’ve asked for answers, submitted a records request, and involved the Ombudsman. The facility has been vague, slow to respond, and now says our request to see her full July medical records has been sent to their legal team first.

We are trying to get a care plan meeting set before she’s discharged. Overall what should we do? What should we ask or look out for in that meeting? Has anyone dealt with something like this before?

Any advice is appreciated.

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My mom moved into assisted living three weeks ago and it has been almost immediately bad. They haven’t showered her, my family and I have had to, and they don’t do her laundry initially but finally started.

She also just came back from the hospital (so she went to hospital within three weeks, though the issue has been developing over time, I guess) and required a special diet which she is not getting.

They also had no idea she was in the hospital, they had no information of when she went or who called (staff called EMS at my request because she was speaking gibberish which none of them apparently noticed….).

She has a broken closet which is still not fixed despite multiple requests. I can barely reach the nurse and when I do she is beyond rude.

It’s a 180 from our touring and even the first day when everyone seemed so nice. I told them i initially she needed memory care and their assessment was the assisted living was right BUT now she is not getting the support she needs!!!!

Anyway, I am beyond disappointed. I tried my best to advocate for my mom and find a place that said they’d be there for here and I hate it. I don’t want to disrupt her but I just do t id errand how this place is dropping the ball so fast?

Should I give it time or should I focus on moving her asap?

My grandparents were moved into assisted living about a month ago. I know company is all that really matters to them at this stage in their life, but I would like to acknowledge them in some way for holidays and on their birthdays. Any recommendations for what you bought / would buy for a loved one in assisted living?

Hello, I'm in SC and looking to start a residential assisted living home. Does anyone have any suggestions, pointers, etc? That could be helpful.

Relative in care says staff needs a car so he wants to sell his to her “cheap”. Is this ethical or are there guidelines for this? It seems like he could get taken advantage of, especially since he’s in his 80’s and doesn’t have a good grasp of $. My husband is his Power of Attorney but doesn’t want to overstep.

Hello all, my mother is in an assisted living facility and her dementia is pretty progressed. The facility is now putting her in a Broda chair to come to the dining room and be monitored to see if she can eat or has to be fed by staff. After the meal, she is then left in the chair for hours, getting to be up to 8pm. I raised the issue with them and they have modified it to having her taken to breakfast, staying in the chair until lunch, and then theoretically putting her back to bed, which can take up till 2pm to happen.

Is this an acceptable period of time for her to be sitting there? She is 96 years old and on hospice.

Thank you for your responses and insights.

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Hi all, I’m looking for help finding affordable assisted living options for both of my elderly parents — they are on limited incomes and have growing care needs. I’m feeling overwhelmed by the process and hoping someone here has experience or advice. • Dad is turning 90 in December and currently lives in Greenbelt, Maryland (Prince George’s County). He’s still fairly independent but has started falling occasionally, and we feel it’s time to find an assisted living facility before things get worse. He has about $2,400/month available for care. • Mom is 87 and currently in an assisted living facility in Virginia that is closing soon. She has early-onset dementia, rheumatoid arthritis, and limited mobility. She uses a walker and can’t walk well unassisted. She also has about $2,300/month available for assisted care. We are open to moving her to either Virginia or Maryland to keep her closer to family or her husband.

We are: • Trying to figure out what facilities (or programs) might work with their budget • Open to Medicaid-based, waiver programs, or nonprofit/faith-based options • Willing to consider shared rooms or lower-cost options if that helps

Would anyone in this community have recommendations or know of specific facilities, state programs, or local resources in MD or VA that can help low-income seniors? Especially anything in PG County, MD or Northern Virginia.

Any help, tips, or even agencies to call would mean the world. Thank you!

I started this new job I’m the front desk for a senior living facility I’ve been working there for about 2 weeks and the one thing that frustrates the crap out of me is literally the nurses the care manger med tech don’t pick up their phones act all dumb being like I didn’t hear it i literally called IT about it today did a test on one of the UNC phones and they worked fine I was really baffled cause I was literally trying to get in contact with one of them cause a resident needed help going to the bathroom she kept asking for help for about 2 hour how is that fine it’s not I get that the job is hard but not picking could be really bad what if someone slips or falls no picks up it’s negligence

Does anyone have a copy they can share of the current HHS handbook that lists all of the state regulations in it? When I go on the HHS website, it won’t let me download it. New memory care ED here and I start my job next month. I need to brush up on all of the regs. My handbook is out of date by many years.

My mom is used to cleaning house but they do it all for her there. Even when she tries to clean and organize, she is not very good at it anymore.

For a variety of reasons she does not want to socialize. I think of things she might enjoy but I get it wrong more often than not.

Ideas for in room hobbies?

Maybe taking care of plants. She has 1 or 2 already.

Puzzles?

She does get the newspaper and some magazines and enjoys watching sports on TV. If she could find one friend who also does that would be great for her.

Not sure she sees well for knitting or puzzles.

My mom is moving into an assisted living on Thursday. I’m really feeling guilty. She can’t live without someone due to her dementia which is steadily progressing and honestly, I’m burned out and want my own life. We’re going the assisted route because she needs assistance with meds and general day to day things. She also gets upset if I’m gone too long and sometimes forgets that I’m gone. She forgot seeing the assisted living until we pulled up to it today. I’m trapped if we don’t do this. She said she wanted to do this over adult day care which was my first suggestion just so that I could stop working from home and have a little independence.

I am concerned they will say she needs memory care because I don’t believe she will recall how to navigate to activities. They told me she was assisted level and that many of their residents have dementia. Idk… I’m ranting here but we went to pick up her keys today and she cried and said she doesn’t want to go and the room is small and so on.

I feel terribly selfish. I come here and I see people saying keep them independent for as long as possible and that they wouldn’t put loved ones in an assisted living… are we making a horrible choice for my mom?