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What are the things we need to consider in finding a safe place for our parents to live? Mitch Au will be talking about this in today's podcast. You can listen to the show at http://rockyourretirement.libsyn.com/help-your-parents-find-a-safe-place-to-live-episode-004\nMitch Au is very close to his family.\xa0 His own grandmother had Alzheimer's disease, and he watched her suffer for 20 years.\xa0 His family is most important to him, so when his aunt and uncle needed a break, additional family intervention was needed.\xa0 Because of this, he moved to help with the caregiving and to give his aunt and uncle some respite care when they needed a break.\xa0 During this time he learned a great deal about caring for the elderly.\xa0 His aunt had a 24 hour care giver and was able to stay in her own home.\nThis was when he first learned about how to help your parents find a safe place to live (or grandparents as the case was here).\nMitch and I discussed the differences between having a 24 hour caregiver and having more social interaction through senior living or adult day care facilities.\xa0 Your parent's own home may be safe, but it might not provide the social interaction that a loved one needs.\nDue to the experience with his grandmother, he realized that he really liked the senior care industry.\xa0 Mitch went into business for himself and opened a couple of board and care homes.\xa0 Highly regulated, these homes must be certified with an RCFE (residential care facility for the elderly) and licensed.\nDuring the day he had two caregivers and a cook in each facility.\xa0 There was also “awake” staff 24 hours a day in each business.\xa0 Both of the homes were in Arizona, and they found out that moving from San Diego to Arizona was too much of a culture shock, so they moved back to San Diego.\xa0\xa0 It's tough to move from perfect weather to anywhere other than San Diego!\nHe moved back to San Diego for the perfect weather, and normally works with the adult children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, or friends of elderly adults who are no longer safe to live at home.\xa0 He helps you help your parents find a safe place to live.\xa0 The organization that he works for is called “A Place for Mom,” which is a national placement agency that can help your parents find a safe place to live.\nMany people call when they are in crisis, but you don't have to wait until they are a crisis to start speaking with them about their living situation.\nOne benefit of working with Mitch is that he can help your parents find a home even if they do not live in the same state you live in.\nListen to today's episode to find out more about your options for Senior Living Communities and also Home Care.\nhttp://traffic.libsyn.com/rockyourretirement/004_V_Mitchell_Au_160210_IFinal.mp3\nThis article on Retirement Lifestyle first appeared on http://RockYourRetirement.com. \xa92016-2017Help Your Parents Find a Safe Place to Live