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"You have been a wonderful guide and a light in the darkness and confusion of the mess that this has been. It’s nice to see there are people out there who really care about others, and care about doing the best they can to provide valuable information."

"Thanks for the follow up; Dad is really adjusting well in his new home. The food is better than I had expected and the people are very friendly. I would recommend you to any of my friends because if it was not for you we would not have found such a wonderful place for dad to live."

"I want you to know how much I appreciate all of your assistance and information about what is available to me in my search for quality elder care. The decisions have not been easy, but they have been made easier because of your support. More importantly, your personal touch and personal insight has been a Godsend. It truly has been the difference between a sense of positive action over paralyzing despair. Just knowing that you are still out there - just an email or phone call away - gives me great comfort and peace-of-mind."

"My sister and I have decided to place my dad at Arbor Place, they have the set up for the care he will need. We thought this was going to be a very hard thing to go through but your services made it much less stressful. We are truly grateful for all your assistance with this process, I can assure you we will recommend you to anyone we know that may end up in our shoes. On behalf of my family I want to thank you for all you did, you're the BEST!!"

"We just moved my father-in-law to Aegis and it is truly the best place for him. I'm quite satisfied and feel grateful for your guidance early on in this process. It's been a long and challenging road, he will take time to adjust, but the family feels content with this choice."

"You are a treasure. You stuck it out with me through some difficult periods. Miss Ruby is 'tolerating' living at River Valley Landing. She knows that she needs help and makes it bearable by pretending she's in a fancy hotel."

"I truly appreciate how helpful you and A Place for Mom have been in providing housing, care, and legal resources for my mom and me. Her current placement and happiness with it, the peace of mind it has given me and my siblings, and the legal counsel we received has been a God-send."

"Thank you for your care and concern. You are my guardian angel during this tough time."

"I wish to thank you for your assistance in finding a placement for my cousin Betty. You are an excellent resource. You were always willing to listen and offer very helpful suggestions and always returned calls promptly. This is a wonderful service that is deeply appreciated."

"Thank you for all of your assistance during this trying time. Organizations such as A Place for Mom and the compassionate people that work for them makes life a little easier for families facing so many questions and doubts about how to handle things."

"Thank you Linda, A Place for Mom has been AMAZING. First of all I contacted you and got a response right away, and then I got several emails from assisted living places. Thanks to you and A Place for Mom, my really tough decision was made much easier."

"Thank you doesn't say enough for your support, advice and detailed information. You lightened this care giver's load tremendously. "

"Thank you! When dealing with a parent in crisis, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. Thanks for being there at a very difficult time."

"Mom is so happy at Heather Heights. Thank you for everything you did for us, from finding the best places, organizing the tours, information on estate and tag sales, movers, and the gentle but firm pushes I needed, in order to best take care of my mom. You let me do things my way, but in the end I did exactly what you suggested, although I thought it was my idea. I laughed at myself quite often over this. You were my Angel sent from up above."

"Fortunately I never had to deal with this difficult situation before, so I didn't know too much about it and luckily a friend of mine told me about A Place for Mom. I cannot give enough praise and thanks to Bob. He was knowledgeable, extremely helpful, proactive, and professional, has great follow-up and is very compassionate. He also provided additional guidance and advice on how to handle various difficult conversations as well as the logistics and much more. I speak for my entire family and say that finding Bob and your service was a miracle for our family and I really don't know what we would have done without him."

"Mom moved into Atria and she loves it there so far. She thinks the staff is terrific, very conscientious, helpful and warm. I haven't heard her this happy in many, many years. I don't know if I would have even looked at this community if it weren't for your suggestions and help with the process, including the financial advice. I can't thank you enough."

"You were an angel in need when you answered my message about my husband. He needed quick placement and I was desperate. I cannot stress how you were there when I needed you, Maggie. I felt very alone with searching for a place for husband and you came to my rescue. You were very patient and you were the BEST!!!"

"This entire process has been one that has been beyond our expectations. You have been such a blessing to all of us. I truly don't know how we ever would have accomplished this huge task with such calm (most of the time!). You are so wonderful, kind, helpful and understanding! Thank you again for your service. I will never forget you and the impact you had on our family."

"I can’t think of anything you could have done better or different. Your support and help was so fantasticI can’t thank you enough for all you’ve done for us."

"I want you and all the staff at A Place for Mom to know that you are very much appreciated. It’s great to know that there are so many wonderful people out there to help save someone like me. I could not have done this alone."

"From above and beyond the call of duty, Rosy has talked with me during the dark hours of doubt and the paralyzing fear of doing the right or wrong thing for my Mother. I was able to speak so freely with Rosy and address issues that I didn't feel comfortable discussing with other family. Sometimes a hand that reaches out is stronger than all the armies in the world. I don't think I could have made this type of year long journey with A Place for Mom and with out the kind, warm, caring and deeply committed person of Rosy."

"I can't begin to explain to you what a relief it is to have some one like you to talk with. I'm so frazzled right now & your service has taken a huge weight off of me. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I feel very comfortable dealing with you."

"I really appreciate our discussions and your support. I will continue to recommend you as I find other s in similar situations."

"I cannot thank you enough or find the words to express what your help, concern and guidance has meant to our family. Your immediate concern and referrals solved our problems and we found a facility 4 miles from my niece's home within one week."

"The information and contacts you provided were a great help and support to all the questions on how to deal with both of our parents. Without your help, I don't know where we would have been. Thanks very much and I'm sure that I'll remember you when any of my friends or colleagues ask me about this issue."

"I wanted to take a moment and share with you what a wonderful experience I have had this week with your service, but specifically with Sandra. She has been assisting me in placing my uncle in The Roosevelt Place. It has been extremely challenging. I cannot possibly say enough about Sandra, she is a truly a jewel."

"I want you to know that Carol has been one life's blessings to me. If it were not for her, I believe I never would have been able to relocate my sister to a facility near us. She gave me valuable information, unending support and encouragement to get us through this initial stage in moving my sister. It meant more to me than I can express."

"I want to thank you so much for your caring attitude and helpful information. You made this process much easier!"

"I want to send a special thank to Carol for helping me look for a place for my mom. Carol was especially helpful to me and I appreciate that very much."

"Just wanted to let you know I found a gold mine for Dad! There's a shared room open at Courtyard Plaza and his roommate is the activities director! Thank you so much for all your help. You made this so easy for me and I will reccommend you to anyone."

"Words cannot express my gratitude to A Place for Mom and more importantly, to you Tony, for your assistance in my search for a friendly and warm independent living community for my dad. Your warm friendly nature shone through about you as a person and a professional Eldercare Advisor. With our continued telephone conversations, I found your patience and concern in listening to my questions, knowing my lack of experience in doing research on these communities, to be very reassuring. Your guidance and direction helped me in finding the right community to suite my dad’s lifestyle. It has been a week now since my dad moved into Pocasset Bay Manor and he is doing amazing well."

"Thank you for your help and encouraging words. My wife and I appreciate any help you can give us."

"I just want to take this time to “THANKYOU.” We are very pleased with this service and would recommend this service to anyone."

"Thank you for sending all the information so quickly. Thanks so much for all your help. You are an angel for helping me when I had no where else to turn."

"I placed my Dad in Walnut House over the week-end. So far he is doing OK there. Thanks you so much for all of your help and support (and pushing) to get this done. I think I have been trying to make him live a life, this last year, that I wanted him to live and he was no longer capable of doing it. Being the parent for your parents is really hard. Thank God, there are people like you who can be a resource."

"I just want to take the time to thank you with all of my heart for guiding us to such a great place. The staff is so kind and you can tell there is caring ever present; which is the most important thing to me for my elder. Mrs. L is very happy with what she saw and she looks forward to a long stay. She is very social so all of the activities and the others will enable her to have a life and not be alone."

"Finding you has been such a blessing to me. I really do feel that once I talked to you the 1st time things just started to fall into place. I work in the health care environment and still have problems navigating the system. I do not understand how people without my knowledge and resources handle it."

"Many thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I don't know what I did before I found you or what I will do if I lose your number somehow. A million thanks!"

"Thank you for sharing and caring. I know in my head this is the right path and I am determined to follow my head not my heart for Dad's sake and well being. You have been a God send. It’s really sad that I am receiving more support from a stranger than my family. I am still struggling with all this quite a bit but have a plan and am moving forward. Thank you for all your input and support not sure where I would be without your assistance."

"Thank you so much for your invaluable efforts on our behalf to find a place for our mom. Your recommendations and referrals were exactly what we were looking for. You spoke to us about the 'quality of life' commitment at the different facilities. You gave us the names to ask for at the facility and included all the current information. The help you gave us about what paper work would be needed and the procedures was invaluable. You also took the time to counsel us on our feelings about placing our mom and what advantages you had seen to such a placement. You also took the time to check back with us several times to make sure everything was going smoothly. Our mom took up residence at Seasons. The first day was rough and our mom did not want to be there. She seems to be happy now. We are taking each day as it comes. She is still adjusting and we know there will be some difficult days. We also know we made the right choice for our mom and largely due to your help and the wonderful staff at Seasons. We were so fortunate to have you in our corner, screening and narrowing down our search. You seemed to know just what we were looking for and what we were going through. We know what a valuable service you provide and will surely recommend A Place for Mom to our friends and colleagues. We wanted you to know that you helped us through a difficult time in our lives and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts!"

"Thanks for all the assistance that A Place for Mom has given to my family. The last few years have been difficult, but it was reassuring to get advice from experts like your organization. Helping parents transition from care-givers to care-receivers is quite a challenge and you helped us tremendously."

"A nice lady from A Place for Mom's Family got in touch with me and is going to help guide me as to where I might be able to go. I don't think I have ever been so afraid. Everything that I know is now going to be different, and I, at this time don't even know where I will be able to go. But this nice lady named Kathy has certainly given me some hope."

"Thank you so much all of your help and advice - I now feel a bit more "on top" of what I am doing and the information you have sent is so appreciated. I most surely will let each of the places we visit know that you were the referring person. Many, many thanks!"

"! Front end steerage like you provided is invaluable particularly for someone new to the area. What you and A Place For Mom network can do is awesome!"

"I can't thank you enough for recommending Cherry Blossom Cottage. Joe really loved it and said it felt like he was at home."

"My parents are still doing VERY WELL in the assisted living place you found for us. They have been there for a year now and what a blessing the place has been. Your help was so valuable to us. Thank you again!"

"Mom was very upset, agitated, and behaving aggressively and was asking us to come to take her home. After finding A Place for Mom on the web, I was blessed to receive a note from Michelle, and later phone calls and much communication about my options for Mom's care. Without Michelle, we would have been lost, to say the least."

"Thanks so much for sending me the info and for helping to make more sound decisions for my mother-in-law. You have a heart of gold and I appreciate all your help."

"Thank you very much for your help with helping to place Mom at The Gardens of West Orange. So far she is quite happy. Her room is very adequate and we are getting her settled. She had talked to a friend of hers when she first got there and told her how nice it was, so her friend wound up moving in there also. Again, thank you for your help."

"Laura's mom seems to be loving her new life at the Gardens. We even got her a cat who lives with her in the apartment. She seems happy and has made friends. Looks like we made a good choice with your help!!!"

"I just wanted to tell you thank you so much for all of your help in finding a place for my Aunt. Keep up the good work!"

"We are delighted to have found you and A Place for Mom. You were truly sent by God to assist us and we thank you!"

"My mother-in-law is doing her best at Farmington Hills Inn. We are coming to value and love the folks that work so patiently with our loved one. We could never have made such a wise choice without your guidance."

"I can never "THANK YOU" enough for all you help, guidance and support. Without your help, I don't know where I'd beYou and your company are a true God sent."

"The assistance you provided really made mom's transition possible. You have been available every time we needed information in addition to giving us insight into some information that we would never have gained without your help. It is very obvious that what you do is so much more than a job to you, it’s a calling and you do a wonderful job."

"I am grateful for your assistance. I appreciate you taking the time to make our tour times and look forward to visiting each location."

"I don't know how to thank you enough for getting me to investigate all the possibilities for my mother's care. Your advice was right on in every regard."

"I can't tell you how thankful I am to talk to you, knowing you can understand what I've been through. There is now hope for me to not feel so frustrated with navigating everything and not knowing what to do."

"I just wanted to let you know how appreciative I am for all the work that Carla has done on my behalf as I attempt to move my mother closer to me and into an assisted living facility. From the beginning, Carla has offered solid advice."

"I want to thank you so much for your help and direction. We are going to be moving Jims' sister into the American. I want you to know that it was a HUGE help just having initial and follow up contact with you."

"I want to thank you soooo much for your help. It really made this task so much easier. Most importantly, I am really happy with the selection. I think her life will be vastly improved."

"Monica, you were absolutely great! I really appreciated your continuing to follow-up with me. At first I felt like it was too complicated trying to decide what options were best & how to navigate through everything. You were persistent with calling & checking & offering solutions or new avenues. You always followed through with what you said you would do. You helped tremendously."

"I just visited Mom today and she looks 110% better. So far she loves the new place. I think it reminds her of college days. The staff has been wonderful and prompt to any concerns I have had. She even told me she doesn't remember her old house and never wants to go back there! You were just wonderful and helpful to us and I could not have asked for anything more to be done. Thank you so much."

"Thank you for your help. It is overwhelming to try to think of where to begin when this comes up unexpectedly and after you contacted me I felt so much better knowing that someone was trying to help. Thank you again and I would definitely tell anyone in need of your services that it is a great help in trying to sort through options."

"Grace is doing fine. I can't think of any way you could have made my search easier. Keep up the good work!"

"I am writing to express mine and my sister's and brother's thanks to A Place for Mom, in particular Jessica, Eldercare Advisor of the recent move of our mom into Atria assisted living community. Jessica with her exhaustive knowledge of the New York health care industry, caring personality and tireless work ethic, is an invaluable asset to A Place for Mom. My initial conversation with Jessica involved her getting a feel for our Mom's then living conditions and what was going on in her life that was necessitating the search for assisted living. At the end of our hour long conversation, there was a consensus between us of which facilities would potentially be a good fit for our Mom. Jessica made the initial introductions, asking that they contact me to set up appointments for a visit and provide me with informational packets. Thank you A Place for Mom for affording my siblings and me an avenue and valuable resources that we so greatly needed in finding our Mom a safe, warm and caring home, for what we hope are many years to come."

"I want to thank you for your assistance when I needed some direction with placing my Dad in a care facility. In reviewing your recommendations, we decided to move him into Summerville. It is a good fit for him and he is happy with the environment. Thanks again for your assistance."

"Just want to thank you again for all your information and assistance. You were like a light in a dark place. Armed with the info you sent, we feel pretty sure that we've covered our bases and can help Margie make her decisions as long as she's able, and have the required paperwork in place to allow us to make the ones she would want when she is not. Again, just wanted to thank you for everything. I've taken the liberty of telling everyone who will listen about your service, in the event that someone else can find the light at the end of the tunnel. Sometimes all it takes is someone who cares, will listen, and suggest answers."

"When I first contacted you, we were just beginning to think about what options were available for my father. It was a very difficult telephone call to make, but you seemed to have such a deep understanding of the issues families face when making that first call, that you helped put me somewhat at ease. The literature you sent me was also very helpfulI would highly recommend your services to others, and again, thank you for all your help."

"I just want to thank you for everything you have done for me and my family. I have had mixed emotions of going through this transition with my dad. You made me realize this is in the best interest for everyone concerned. Your sensitivity was wonderful and your guidance extremely helpful. I will tell my friends of your wonderful organization and hopefully it would benefit them as much as it did for me."

"I have been referring you and your services to several people I know that are dealing with aging parents/grandparents etc. I can not thank you enough for the support and information you provided for me at a time when I was overwhelmed."

"Thank you so much for all of your help! You got us in so quickly to so many facilities that I would never have found on my own (each facility was wonderful), you were able to answer my many questions, and you listened and understood what has been going on in our lives. We took Al to Brighton Gardens. When we first got there he was distrustful and looked at me and said "You're taking me home, right?" I said yes. He was a bit feisty for a moment, not seeming to like it there. Carolyn and I left him for a bit to talk with the nurse and get his belongings. By the time we got back to his section, he was sitting at a table drinking coffee and eating so we just left to let him get adjusted."

"I just spoke to David at the VA who was going over the application that my brother had prepared. He said all looked good; he had one question that he would call my brother about, but other than that -- it is ready to be filed. It may take 4 to 6 months, but as you said the benefits would be retroactive. I thanked him for personally walking us through this process; however, I wanted to also thank you once again for all your help and support. If it hadn't been for you, we wouldn't have known about this benefit. You are truly a godsend and we cannot thank you enough for all your help."

"Thank you so much for your assistance and advice helping locate an appropriate facility for my mom. Your service is invaluable. It helped me tremendously. I went from a social worker at the hospice telling me on Monday they wanted my mom out by Wed and handing me a list of 60 – 80 names to evaluate on my own, to being able to tell you about my mom’s needs and getting a small list of known good places in about 15 minutes. I appreciate you referring me to a list of 3 – 6 that you knew may be appropriate, with good ratings by someone like you and families. What a relief it was to have someone with your knowledge share information to help steer me in the right direction and help me make an informed decision. It was helpful for me to be able to report back to you what I found and get additional names to evaluate. You are amazing. Thank you for your initial efforts and your continuous feedback and follow-up. The world is a better place because of people like you (and Kim) and your service. I definitely will recommend you and your service to anyone that I know that has to go through the difficult task of finding an appropriate place from mom (or family members). In a time of such stress and uncertainty it is incredibly helpful to be able to filter through the numerous facilities so quickly. I feel much more secure in my decision after being able to take the week to tour facilities, question the staff and take my mom to see several of the top contenders. "

"I cannot thank you enough for all your incredible help and information. I have been back and forth with the county for over 6 months, language barriers, etc, and you helped me more than anyone for all this time! I am going over to Summerville tomorrow and meeting with Samantha, I am feeling so much better about this now. With the Veterans help and Mom’s Social Security, I think we can swing it. I actually can see light! You have been so lovely explaining this maze to me, bless you. I will let you know about the visit, and of course will let her know who recommended them!"

"Cindy, your service was great, and I have told others about, including my mom's doctor. My mother loves the Palms, the people that work that are great, the food is wonderful, and my mom, who is hard to please is very happy, thanks for sending us there."

"You were absolutely a godsend. I appreciate sooo much all the help you gave me. Mom is successfully situated in her new home and I think happier than she has been in a very long time. The activities and social interaction are precisely what she needed along with the daily supervision. She occasionally talks about returning to her home, but I think this is mostly out of confusion. The visits by friendly and friends in the course of a few weeks has exceeded the last several years."

"Thank you so much for all your help and kindness. We moved Mom into Christopher Heights and she seems to be doing great. I have spoken to her daily and she sounds wonderful and I am going to visit her tomorrow. I can't tell you how wonderful it was to have someone so nice help me with such a difficult situation. Thank goodness for you."

"I am happy to report that Mother is adjusting very well to life at Hearthstone. If anything she seems to enjoy the actives and other residents. I sincerely appreciate all the help you gave to me. I feel blessed that I got you as my point of contact. Besides providing the services of helping me find a place for my mother and all the information on elder care and health issues you were willing to let me talk about concerns and vent. Being able to do that made it easier for me to make good decisions for placing my Mother. I can and will highly recommend A Place for Mom to my friends as I know many of them will face making some major decisions for the care of their elderly parents in the near future."

"I was able to place my mother with Carter House. Thank you for all of your help. The staff and owners of Carter House have been extremely nice and caring. You have been a godsend during this most difficult time. Thank you so very much!"

"Thank you! Your phone call this morning was a godsend and I can't tell you what your understanding and compassion has meant. I will certainly use the information you sent and hope you are aware that you are a guardian angel! Thanks again!"

"Your conversation, information and follow through were invaluable to us!!! Thank you so much. As a matter of fact Mom is moving into a facility in Van Nuys. Right now Mom is not happy about all of this but we all have hopes that in time she will adjust. Thanks again for all your help and information. We truly do appreciate it and I'm so glad I contacted your assistance program!"

"Thanks so much for thinking of us! Thanks to you, I think I have found the perfect apt for mom. The staff there is absolutely amazing! I have mom about 98% convinced. I am bringing her a whole bunch of pictures tomorrow to 'seal the deal'. She has promised to give me the 'official' go ahead once she sees what everything looks like. I have given the name of your organization to several people already. I refer to you as my 'guardian angel'. I would have never gotten this far so quickly without your help."

"Mom is doing great at Carestone. She's eating a lot better and enjoying all the activities they do every day. The people are great. It means a lot knowing she's being so well taken care of. Thank you for all your hard work in finding such a great place. I know that I could not have done this without you. "

"Thanks for all your help, you made a difficult proposition a lot easier! You found that needle in a haystack that would have taken me many times longer to find on my own. Kudos to your service!"

"I could not be more pleased with how mom is doing at Sunrise and their setup. When I talk with her, she sounds happier than I can ever remember. She is receiving physical therapy twice a week, has had appointments with her new doctor, is getting her hair done with out arguments and in general sounds more with it. I appreciate your help in finding Sunrise. This has turned out to be the right place for her. "

"I can't tell you how relieved I am that I found a central location in "A Place for Mom" to help me narrow the search for assisted living for my mother. More importantly, my family and I are exceedingly happy that we found an individual who was caring and as interested in finding "just the right place" for our mom. Thank you so much for all your help!"

"I would like to thank you for all your help. I still cannot believe so much was accomplished in such little time. After three weeks of banging my head against a wall, thanks to your help, it all suddenly fell into place."

"I appreciate all of you help in finding a caregiving service. I truly was struggling with this issue when my Mom was in the hospital. Golden Homes has been great. They are just what I needed. I cannot thank you enough for helping me through this difficult time."

"I fully appreciate all of your help with this. You were professional, yet personable. You took care of my questions and concerns right away. You were full of information and passed it all on in a timely manner. You did a thorough job and I am willing to pass this information on to anyone else. Thank you for all of your help. It is not easy to move a loved one into an environment away from home. "

"My sister and I are really pleased and think Magnolia Glen will be a wonderful place for our mother to flourish and have a better quality of life. I can't thank you enough for the tip that led us there! We would still be looking and considering options if it wasn't for you. Thank you!"

"I am so thankful for you and your services. I was so distraught when we first talked and as a result of your efforts a scary process was made easy. A Place for Mom is an incredible service and your thoughtfulness and caring manner was appreciated. Next week, my mom will be entering an assisted living facility. I am sure I am making the right decision. I could not have made an informed decision without your assistance. Thanks again for the referrals, your compassion and timely follow-up."

"Thanks for all your help and concern. You have been so wonderful and given so much information and direction. My Aunt and I would have been lost without you."

"You indeed rescued me when I was searching for a place for my Aunt. I was amazed at your efficiency, pleased that you prodded me forward by arranging all the visits and then managed to get the place at Heather Heights held until I could straighten out all the issues involved. You were indeed my rescuer."

"I was not prepared for everything that we have had to do and neither were my children, but once I talked to you and learned about "A Place for Mom" it made what had to be done much easier. I truly can't thank you enough. Your group has been a fantastic resource for us. I will always refer anyone that I hear of that is in our situation, to call "A Place for Mom"."