Phoenix, AZ, June 18, 2008 --(
PR.com)-- Finding Assisted Living for a loved one in can be very difficult. Some 1,600 assisted living options are available in the Phoenix and Tucson metropolitan area. Locating an assisted living home or community is hard enough, but knowing which ones are better than others has been impossible until today. AssistedLivingGrades.com launched an innovative website to revolutionize that way families look for assisted living. Based on the Arizona Department of Health Services’ annual surveys, AssistedLivingGrades.com has created an algorithm that assigns a letter grade from “A” to an “F” to every assisted living home or community. Creator and social worker, Chuck Bongiovanni, MSW,MBA stated that “Families need to know how the home or community that they are trusting their loved one’s care in did in their annual survey”. Homes with the least violations received higher scores, while homes that had civil penalties automatically received a grade of “F”. Most families do not know that they have the right to ask each home or facility for their latest health survey report when they tour a potential home.
Families who utilize this site not only receive non partial grading of the assisted living homes or facilities in Arizona, but they can also get connected with several local senior housing experts who will tour the families through the homes, negotiate a price and be an advocate for them all at no fee. Bongiovanni has been help families of seniors in Arizona for 14 years find assisted living, home health care, hospice, financial and other senior related services. AssistedLivingGrades.com is a culmination of exactly what is needed for families looking for care. Families can assess how many citations each home or facility received during their last inspection and can see how they compare against other homes or communities in their zip code or city. When finding assisted living, it is important to not just look at the shiny chandeliers, but at the root of all homes and facilities, how good is the care and operation of the place where your loved one will now call “home”.
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