Insider Tips for Moving into Senior Living Communities

You've visited a few senior living communities and selected one for you or for a loved one. How can you make the move as easy as possible? Gracie Nebel knows. In this video, the senior living communities expert reveals insider tips on how to prepare so moving in to your new home is a snap.
Time Stamps
0:00 Introducing senior living communities expert Gracie Nebel
3:01 Insider Tip: Before moving into a senior living community, measure apartment space and furniture
4:02 Insider Tip: Let loved one help select furniture prior to move into senior living communities
4:28 Insider Tip: Ask if there’s a moving manager
5:30 Insider Tip: Plan social visits before moving day
6:16 Insider Tip: Before moving into senior living communities, ask about moving day logistics
6:50 Insider Tip: Let loved one help set the date for the move into senior living community
9:14 Insider Tip: Before moving into a senior living community, give a gift that helps stay connected
9:57 Insider Tip: Switch out clothes seasonally
10:20 Insider Tip: Before moving into a senior living community, ask if there’s onsite storage space
11:48 Insider Tip: Forward financial items to responsible party
13:17 Insider Tip: Before moving into a senior living community, make a doctor’s appointment
14:59 Insider Tip: Get assessed by therapy professionals
This is the first of a two-part interview with Gracie Nebel on how to best move into senior living communities. She is the Vice President of Operations and Sales/Marketing at Melody Living Senior Living, an award-winning senior living community with assisted living and memory care locations in Colorado and Illinois.
Jeff Hoyt is SeniorLiving.org’s Editor-in-Chief.
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[@shirleygriffin7672]

Thanks for sharing again. Sharing post.

[@SeniorLivingOrg]

you're welcome.

[@deedeeotero4475]

What if you have no family to help you find another place to help w/all this?
What do you do?
Is there an agency that can help the elderly person find an apartment or facility?

[@shirleygriffin7672]

Check locally in your community. I did years ago, and it has worked well for me.

[@SeniorLivingOrg]

Cristina, watch our video for solo seniors: ruclips.net/video/c9-Pp5ZnjHE/видео.html . We hope it helps.

[@laurice8056]

Very informative and helpful video, thanks for sharing. I would like to suggest that the Senior community COVID vaccine requirements be researched and met at least a few weeks Before moving the Senior into the new living community.
If vaccines and/or boosters are required, there may be little or no shots available onsite. Some facilities don’t provide COVID vaccines themselves, but instead have an outside provider visit the senior community 1 or 2 days per week. Any requests by the Senior or their families to have their own nurse or other practitioner provide the vaccine may be denied by the Senior community. So getting fully immunized could take a Lot Longer.
Furthermore, the senior could be restricted from common residential areas such as the dining room, gym or patio and isolated, or limited to only their room until they are fully immunized. This could be weeks or nearly a month, especially if the Senior test positive anytime during this period.
Meanwhile, some Senior communities may restrict or suspend visiting your Senior until their COVID immunization requirements are complete, and the Senior test negative. Even discharging the Senior could be withheld during this period!!😳

[@SeniorLivingOrg]

Thanks for sharing

[@sinebar]

We tried to get my grandfather to move to an assisted living but he wouldn't have it. He's 80 and said he'd rather die in his home than go to an old folks home so that's it I guess.

[@SeniorLivingOrg]

We wish you are your family the best of luck, whatever you decide.

[@NevaJWilson25462]

Yep, no pun Intended but I will crawl under the bed and hide before they put me in one. I really like these videos though allot of really good information
and thank God for Gracie she sounds like a really caring person.

[@intensepassion3382]

How do you find discounted movers for seniors?