As a gift to your loved one and yourself, you would want to avail of the best senior care for your loved one. It is ok to directly contact providers of such service. But in our current economy, where everyone is striving hard to make it, you just have to be very careful in choosing the care facility - making sure that the price you are paying is worth the care and the treatment being given to your senior loved one. While it is all right to deal with it yourself directly, you could always choose a senior care placement service, which would do all the hard work for you, and not trouble yourself in looking for the right facility, and also to not worry yourself of the possible problems that could occur in the services offered by a certain facility. All you have to do is avail of the services of a Senior Care Placement agency. First thing to do is choose the best and trustworthy service. Now, how will you find the best Senior Care Placement service?

Here are some important points to keep in mind when choosing a placement service:

1. Always use a placement agency that has been in business for a minimum of 5 years.

It takes years to have a thorough knowledge of all the available care facilities in the community. It is always best to choose a senior care placement agency that has been in business for 5 years or even more. And make sure that it has maintained a very good reputation in terms of serving their clients, providing best placement services. An agency which is in the business for many years or more has more or less established good relationships with several care facilities, and they very well know which facility is best and appropriate for their clients - not to mention the fact that the agency could help you negotiate some payment terms, especially if you have a planned and desired budget.

2. Make sure the agency is not affiliated with or owns any facilities.

As a client, you would want true unbiased referrals. Thus, it is always good to make sure that the senior care placement agency you are dealing with has no interest held with any facility. Avoid those, which have certain ownership or interest in a care facility for it cannot be avoided that their referral base would include such facilities connected with them.

3. The agency should be doing placements as full time work.

It would be better to deal with a placement agency, which is fully committed to attending to your needs, if possible, seven days a week. It is normal to have questions or to have things needed to be done with their help on evenings or weekends. That is why, it is better to choose a senior placement agency, which is willing to help and assist you. Look for agencies, which would also continue to check your service with a chosen facility. This will ensure you proper guidance and relationship with a care facility.

4. Make sure their services are free of charge.

Placing your senior loved one in a care facility requires shelling out of finances. Although we know that the benefits would disregard the costs, it is always best to save your finances and not spend too much in dealing with senior care placement agencies. The best price for the service is FREE. The senior housing communities for the services they provide have always paid most agencies. So charging a fee would not be necessary and you can still have the best senior care placement services offered without any charge!

5. Make sure the placement agent has experience in one of the following areas: long term care, placement services, medical care, social work or counseling.

It is ironic to trust an agent in finding you the appropriate and most fitting care facility for your loved one, if it does not have experience in the mentioned areas. Always remember that experience is the best teacher. So find the agency that has the expertise to find you the best nursing home, assisted living community, adult family home and other care facility, which will be at a reasonable price within your budget.

So what will you ask in order to find the best senior care placement service? Ask yourself, "Does the certain agency have those 5 points mentioned above?" If yes, then you are on the right track. If no, then think more than twice. Never compromise you senior loved one. Give them the best care!