Residential & Facility Placement Considerations for the Older Adult

Being able to navigate the myriad of options and make appropriate housing recommendations is becoming more complicated but remains a necessary skill set in the field of life care planning. The generation of now older adults, who were brought up to care for their parents, are experiencing the trend where adult children live at a distance and have two-income households. This creates an increased need for dependency on other support services outside of the family network, including home care and facility placement. The Life Care Planner should be knowledgeable about the different levels of care, how to recommend the appropriate residential facility and understand the method for costing out care for each level of care. With advances in medicine, longerterm survival with comorbidities, and the aging baby boomer generation, life care planners can see increased opportunities to cater to the non-forensic population. Life care planners will find there to be a demand for professionals who are proficient and knowledgeable about aging life care, especially with respect to housing and facility considerations.