SEATTLE – April 8, 2008 – Some 20 million Baby Boomers are caring for their families, while trying
to provide care for aging parents. A recent survey by AARP found that nearly 70 percent of adult
children have not talked to their parents about issues related to aging. A new, comprehensive web
site resource provides answers, support and education for these families.
A Place for Mom, the nation's largest elder care referral service and a free option for families
seeking senior care living guidance, has launched a new web site and online community at
www.aplaceformom.com. This unique resource provides
families a place to exchange experiences and perspectives about caring for aging loved ones,
communicate with hundreds of elder care experts and learn from over 100 articles covering a
broad range of senior care topics.
"Our nationwide network of 300 elder care advisors is already helping 22,000 families a month
find a variety of elder care options," said Pamala Temple, president and founder of A Place
for Mom. "We are thrilled to provide this new, online community resource. Making decisions
about long term care for a loved one can be difficult and stressful. Now families can share
their experiences with others through discussion boards and online support groups and find
help with the many challenging aspects of caring for and finding care for an aging parent."
Discussion boards, blogs and articles cover a broad range of topics, including, dementia and
Alzheimer's disease, paying for long-term care, moving Mom or Dad, driving and the elderly,
coping with guilt around elder care, parenting your parents, elderly depression, senior fall
prevention, warning signs, and many other topics.
"We are particularly excited about the quality and value of the educational
eldercare articles,"
notes Temple. "The material is authored by experts in the field and is unique to our web site.
Each article also has a discussion board for questions, comments and answers."
"With the addition of the online community,
families now have thousands more resources to make informed decisions about the quality of
life of their elderly loved ones."
About A Place for Mom
A Place for Mom is the nation's largest elder care referral network serving families
who are searching for care options for elderly loved ones. A Place for Mom has over
12,000 long-term care communities in its referral network such as
assisted living,
nursing homes,
Alzheimer's care,
residential care homes,
retirement communities,
and home care options.
Families can review detailed information about their local elder care providers
online, and get free personal, professional assistance by telephone from one of
300 local eldercare advisors. A Place for Mom's referral network of long-term
care providers covers more than 3,000 cities in the U.S. For more information,
visit www.aplaceformom.com
or call 1-866-333-3110.