A Place for MomReviews 2,021

I will say they called a lot but never gave me any real help just a list of places I could have gotten on the internet. I initially called for my Mom but place my Dad first in a home. As soon as they found out about my Dad they were off to get their commission and I never heard from them again. This is a work from home scam. They are dealing with people on their way to assisted living anyway but have an agreement with the homes to pay a commission if they can show they talked to them first.

I recently jumped through all the hoops of getting some info for assisted living for my mother in N. C. The folks at A Place For Mom took almost a week to respond to my inquiry and after I shared with them the names of places I had already found on my own they immediately sent me an Email detailing these same places. To make matters worse, when I informed them that I had already contracted with one of these facilities, they wanted their "Cut". It's all about the $$$. When asked to speak with a supervisor, I was placed on hold then given off to voice mail and the calls from other facilities in a 50 mile radius keep coming on a daily basis. Buyer Beware!

I an a business that has listed my company with A Place For Mom. Some of you have hit the head on the nail with your comments. For Example:
1. No one from Aplaceformom has ever come to view my facility. They have no Idea about my place other than what I have on my website.
2. If you get information from another source such as, the Department of Aging, Office of Health Care Quality, the representatives does not get commission for you and although you are listed on their site, they may have sent you leads, they will tell you lies about the business in an effort to steer you away from them. Especially Ms. Dorfman. She has done this to me and another owner. She told a prospect that I was poorly raked and when I called her on int and asked her where, as I was a very new business, she stated she did not see my business on a bad site and attempted to skipped the subject. I asked her why she would attempt to harm my business in that way and she attempted to divert me by stating "she would love to see my facility." I reported her only to find out at a networking meeting, she did the same thing to another facility and is still there. So on some level, the executive must accept this type of behavior.
3. They do not take the information from the customer and try to line it up with the business. Thus, it makes you and the client waste time if they are looking for a place that is in a 1800 to 2500 range and you are at 3000 - 5000 range. It puts you in a bad position especially when you want to help everyone.
4. They have the opportunity to be a blessing to others, I contacted a potential client sent to me and he was not looking for a facility, he was looking for someone to live-in with his dad. He was so sick of the calls and all I could do was apologize.

I have worked with some awesome representatives and thus the reason I have not asked that my facility be removed. But you must be aware as APlaceForMom is not giving you the full picture. I hope this review helps someone.

DO NOT CALL THIS PLACE FOR HELP.

I did in a desperate moment searching for help with a parent with worsening Alzheimer's. I entered some info into their website and my Phone range before my fingers left the mouse with an Agent from a place for mom was on the other end. That should have been a warning signal to me but as mentioned, I was desperate. She seemed to be the resource I was looking for. NOT!
Instead of help, what I received was 5-10 phone calls a day from facilities referred by a place for mom with sales calls. None of them are even remotely close to the what I had explained to a place for mom my loved one needed in a facility. After finding a place on my own, a place for mom agent calle and emails doubled looking for more detailed information on his placement. 10 MONTHS LATER, I still get these calls (and you should see the emails) despite my repeated request to stop. At the most trying time of my 52 years on this earth, A place for mom has proved to be nothing but a pack of hyenas smelling blood and looking for a meal.

Amazing organization. I've seen first hand the level of care, support and attention to detail they provide the families they serve (at no cost to the families) and I'm truly impressed!

This place was a real blessing for us. My mother-in-law and her sister had been living in their home for many years. But now that they're almost 90, it got to the point that they really needed to move to a retirement community. But we didn't know one from another and there are too many in our area to figure out. I had spent hours and hours online and then decided to try A Place for Mom. A godsend! I was contacted by their local rep, Bev Stricklin, and told her how much we had and she went to work. She gave us 3 places to start with and then went from there. For each, she gave us the monthly cost and the contact info of the facility's representative. After each visit she called me and discussed each experience so that she could refine her recommendations. After just three visits, we had it whittled down to a favorite and she kept in touch with us throughout the process of finalizing everything. She communicated to the rep with any concerns we had as well. Ultimately we got the perfect spot for the two sisters. They love the place and I must say we would have never found the right place without the help of Bev!

Thank you, thank you! Bev!

You might as well do it yourself. A Place For Mom did nothing. I was looking for assisted living for my mother and was told by the referring nursing home they would set up tour appts. And all kinds of things. They called once and the only thing they did was give my name out to every assisted living place in town so I was inundated with phone calls. The "advisor" was in another city and did not know neighborhoods here. I had to set up all tour appts. And find prices myself. She did not answer emails gave me a long distance phone number and finally called back after we had chosen a place. I'm sure she got a commission for doing NOTHING.

I didn't find A Place for Mom to be very useful because all their "Senior Living Advisors" I didn't feel like I could trust since the company gets paid for placing seniors. So if the best option for one of your parents is to live somewhere outside of the A Place for Mom network of affiliates. The company tries to make it sound like it's okay that they get paid for their recommendations since their service is free for us, but I don't think it is okay.

A Place for Mom gets paid based on referral fees from the senior living communities it recommends and provides information on, so I find it very hard to trust any of the information on the site. That means their real paying customers are the senior living companies, not the consumers who use their site. Good businesses shouldn't take referral fees. Aplaceformom's tag line "Trusted Senior Living Advisors" seems spurious. Instead, I would recommend the federal government's elder care locator site: http://www.eldercare.gov/