Check out the assisted living facilities and nursing homes in your area in advance of ever needing such a facility. Do it now while everyone in your family is healthy. If you don't, here's what can happen and has happened to many families.
Someone gets sick. They go into the hospital. They age 3 years from the illness during a 10 day hospital stay. It becomes clear there is no way to care for them in the home and the doctor recommends the closest nursing facility. You take the doctor's recommendation without time to do any comparing. Two weeks later you find that your family member is not being looked after enough and the staff is rather incompetent. You are dissatisfied, depressed and don't know where to turn.
You can avoid this scenario, which gets repeated over and over by dong a little investigation now. Ask friends or neighbors if they know anyone in a care facility and ask about the treatment and service. Then visit those with the best reports. With a few hours of time, you can narrow down the field of best care facilities to one or two. That way, when health disaster occurs, you or your family can make the best choice because you already have the information. We'd like to make your investigation even faster. Return the enclosed coupon and we will send you reports on the Medicare licensed care facilities in your area.