Peter F.

The list of facilities in Southern Indiana is endless, and trying to distinguish the good from the horrendous is daunting. Our opinions of senior living are likely somewhat negative, unless we have seen the slick TV and magazine ads for chic senior resorts for the wealthy. It is the other kind of facility we fear, and not knowing the quality and the huge price tags, and lists of expensive service levels, and all these considerations we neither know nor understand. And yet, our greatest fear, we have to make a decision and then entrust that person we love to the care of strangers. How do you decide?

You get the best guide you can find. Unless you are an expert outdoors adventurer, you would not go on a safari, shoot level 4 rapids, or set up a base station on a mountain side alone. You would find a guide who really knows what they are doing. I am a retired, but experienced hospital manager who worked closely with nursing facilities and knew them well. When the time came to literally find a place for my mom I felt totally lost.
The issues, the facilities, the pricing were dizzying and it felt like total chaos. Until I called "A Place for Mom" and asked for help. When my guide, Marti, called me back from Louisville, she immediately assessed what we needed, helped us learn about options, set up interviews for me, and guided us through our search of the facilities. With Marti's help and guidance, we found a wonderful place for Mom;