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What is a

Senior Living

Placement Service?

By Stephanie Zeverino

enior Living Placement Agents, also known as Senior will be familiar with the senior living locations in their metro
Living Referral Agents, are like real estate agents. They area. Keep in mind that senior placement services are there
Sspecialize in helping seniors and or the adult children to help you in your time of need. Best of all, most senior living
locate the right living arrangements based on their unique placement agents do not charge for their placement services
budget, location, care requirements, social, and other needs because they receive a commission from the community they
that fit a client’s purpose based on several demographic recommend.
and psychographic factors. Before deciding on
a community, most families will take a tour of the
residence. Tours are necessary, but vastly time-
consuming, difficult, and emotionally challenging.
Working with a referral service might decrease
the number of tours that are needed from 4 to 5
to just 1 or 2. In addition, they provide scheduling
assistance in arranging tours and some will even
accompany you.
Additionally, families that find themselves on a strict
time schedule can benefit greatly from the help of
a senior care placement agency. This can include
situations where the senior is leaving the hospital
or other skilled nursing center but is no longer able
to remain safely at home. Time-sensitive situations
are easily managed when working with a senior
placement agency because they have a diverse
knowledge base about which communities are
available locally. The best agents to use are those
who live in the general area you are searching.
There are many on-line services, but those agents
are working from a call center and don’t typically
live anywhere you are looking and cannot
accompany you on the tour. A quality agency

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Stephanie Zeverino is a Senior Living Placement Advisor with a deep passion for senior and patient
advocacy. She specializes in helping families identify the best care solutions for their loved ones.
Stephanie’s experience includes working in community relations for an all-memory care community and
Director of Business Development for an independent/assisted living/ memory care provider for over
15 years.

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