| A senior living guide can help you to ensure the | | | | to ensure medications are correctly dispensed?o How |
| safety and security of you or your loved one. By | | | | often is the local police department dispatched to the |
| taking the extra time required to research senior and | | | | facility?o What is the current ratio of staff to |
| assisted living facilities and their reputations, you can | | | | residents?o How many complaints, overall, have been |
| keep yourself - or your family member - out of the | | | | filed by residents or family members? |
| papers and off the news. | | | | You will want to add on your own set of questions |
| One important aspect of a dependable senior living | | | | and/or concerns to this existing list. These are a few |
| guide includes a list of questions and considerations to | | | | of the obvious questions you'll want to address when |
| investigate as you weigh alternatives. These should | | | | creating your own senior living guide. |
| include simple but often overlooked questions of | | | | When you do your due diligence, your research and |
| facility directors or perhaps your own independent | | | | evaluation of assisted living care facilities should be as |
| research. Some of these questions may include the | | | | broad and all-encompassing as possible. This is a very |
| following:o How many incidents of resident injuries or | | | | important decision that you or your loved ones will |
| accidents have occurred?o How many incidents of | | | | have to make - therefore, each and every concern |
| resident injuries or accidents have occurred recently, | | | | you might have should not be overlooked. |
| in the past 5 years?o What procedures are in place | | | | |