Finding the best care facility for sufferers of Alzheimer's and Dementia is difficult at best. The facilities primarily market themselves to doctors and hospital staff, not the general public. The resources available to families is quite limited. When my family was looking around for the best facility for my grandmother, we had no idea where to start. The referrals from the doctors had a number of issues. My family needed a facility where there were staff speaking a non-English language. When I searched on the web, the only resource we found was Gilbert's Guide. Not all senior care facilities are equal. Their costs and cost structures vary considerably from place to place (with some places starting from $5000+/month). A family has to consider their budget, requirements, and the quality of the staff. Finding a place can be a very stressful process for a family because of extremely limited time to make a decision and lack of resources for evaluating locations.
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