Pinnacle Placements & Seniors

This is a Live from Seattle Special featuring the 12 Days of Goodness with Joe Tafoya, Suzanne Newman, Chuck Olmstead, and Daphne Davis with Pinnacle Senior Placements. We are having a conversation about the need around the holidays to visit seniors. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is a Live from Seattle Special featuring the 12 Days of Goodness with Joe Tafoya, Suzanne Newman, Chuck Olmstead and Daphne Davis with Pinnacle Senior Placements. It gives a spotlight on honoring our seniors and making sure they are not forgotten. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's Thanksgiving, and families are coming together. Daphne Davis at Pinnacle Senior Placements   meets with families all the time and there's never a bad time. Families often call to tell her that they've seen a change in their senior loved one, or about a crisis, but it doesn't have to be about that. You can call at any time, and she generally gets together to meet your loved ones in a home...

Even without the dynamics of our family members aging in place, or having some cognition challenges, even without that the holidays can be stressful. Expectations are all different. Daphne Davis at Pinnacle Senior Placements says it's important when approaching the holidays that everyone's heart is in the right place, with good intentions. Let go of hidden agendas. See omnystudio.com/listener for...

What happens after your loved one has been placed into a senior living environment? Daphne Davis at Pinnacle Senior Placements does consistent follow-ups up to 90 days after you loved one has chosen a new environment. Sometimes it's just a conversation, but often it's a face-to-face visit to make sure everything is going well. An advisor should be preparing you for what's coming down the road. See...

In Alzheimer's and in all stages of Dementia, conversation is based on the moment. We've all been taught to be real and truthful, not to lie. But Daphne Davis at Pinnacle Senior Placements suggeststhat white lies are okay at this stage, because they keep someone calm. It's important because their reality is their reality. It's more of staying in the moment with them – the little details don't matt...

Taking away the mystery, Daphne Davis at Pinnacle Senior Placements explains what families can expect with an advisor. She starts as an information post for our families, as an educator. Pinnacle Senior Placements doesn't charge families for our services as advisors. She's paid like a realtor. She works with every community of care in the state of Washington. She's totally transparent, regardless...

When you are working with a professional, you need to be heard and valued, not put into a box. It's also a relationship with the entire family. There are services to help you and walk alongside you. Daphne Davis at Pinnacle Senior Placements recommends having an advisor you feel from your gut has your best interests in mind. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Daphne Davis at Pinnacle Senior Placements works with lots of patients with Alzheimer's, all stages of Dementia and their families. One stumbling block for families is communicating with someone who has cognitive challenges. And they are different at different stages of the disease, and different from moment to moment. It's a challenge to keep yourself in their world. There are some key phrases to...

If you're in a situation where no one needs to make an urgent move, or even in-home care, but if you're wondering if you're on the right track and you give me a call, Daphne Davis at Pinnacle Senior Placements suggesting calling her or one of her advisors. They come out to your home and have a conversation, get to to know you. The process is unique for everyone. See omnystudio.com/listener for pri...

Gathering information – you never know when you'll need it. Some families are really good about thinking about it: downsizing to a smaller home, no steps, putting in grab bars, a step-in shower. But there are other things to pay attention to, such as a throw rug. Daphne Davis at Pinnacle Senior Placements goes through advance planning steps.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informatio...

Funding long-term care is a huge topic that stymies people. Daphne Davis at Pinnacle Senior Placements says one option that’s overlooked is Aid and Attendance, a benefit paid by Veterans Affairs to veterans and spouses. Qualifications include certain finances and having two ADLs that you need help with. It could provide $1,100 to $1,700 per month. It can take four to six months to get your first c...

Generally, until you cross into this world of needing to find options for care and housing for elders, it’s not something you think about, or it’s on the back burner. Daphne Davis at Pinnacle Senior Placements has been doing this job for 18 years, and she sees that finances can always be worked out. She wants to give everyone a sense of hope about it. Don’t be afraid to talk about finances. Be str...

What can we do when there are warning signs everywhere, but our parents are being stubborn? Daphne Davis at Pinnacle Senior Placements describes the myriad of scenarios how this happens. Sometimes it takes a catastrophic event, that no matter what we do we can't get past the stubbornness. Stubbornness comes from a place of fears. But more often, it can go well when information is given to someone...

Statistics show that families stay in the land of denial until it's too late. The financial factor is a huge part, but families are in an uproar at this time. Daphne Davis at Pinnacle Senior Placements says that we can't emphasize enough that we have the kind of conversations with mom and our siblings of what could happen down the road. It's a conversation that gets overlooked a lot. See omnystudi...

At the crossroads, what happens when there is a life change for a senior living one? What happens when there’s a crisis — for example, when your mom has a heart attack, or broken a hip, or had a bad case of pneumonia? Daphne Davis at Pinnacle Senior Placements explains that 80% of the people she works with are in this situation. It’s rare that she gets to go over options ahead of time. So don’t fe...

How do families navigate crossroads? There are always curve balls and we have to face a change. Daphne Davis at Pinnacle Senior Placements is a master of helping families navigate change. An often-asked question is, “When do we make a change?” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There’s a perception that senior living is a “nursing home,” but that’s not the case. Daphne Davis at Pinnacle Senior Placements provides an overview of the different types. There’ independent living, such as over 55 communities, which is common. There’s assisted living that provides some support for activities of daily living, where maybe you have mobility issues and just need help dressing and b...

How do you have that initial conversation with a loved one when its time to make a change, and the loved one isn't necessarily open to the conversation? It's an awkward time, as it's a time of change, a time of role reversals. Daphne Davis at Pinnacle Senior Placements says that it takes a lot of courage to begin the conversation this way: “Let’s look at the future.” See omnystudio.com/listener fo...

How do we avoid stress? Daphne Davis at Pinnacle Senior Placements says the most important thing is to plan and communicate. We get caught up in creating the perfect holiday season, which adds to the stress. The perfection of the holiday season is going to be in the memories. Keep things as consistent and calm as possible. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Typically we get nervous and have lots on our plate, then add the complexity of being a caregiver during the holidays, trying to uphold family traditions, and you can get overwhelmed and stressed out. Daphne Davis at Pinnacle Senior Placements talks about how to manage the stress by keeping things simple, and how to create memories wherever you’re at in a disease or transition with your loved ones...

It’s important for an advisor to connect with someone who can do the right thing for the right reason, be an active listener, be objective, what’s behind those words, discern really what’s important in the given situation. It is the details of life that create a positive quality of life. Daphne Davis at Pinnacle Senior Placements talks about how those details help answer questions, then lead to co...

Feeling overwhelmed with not knowing which type of housing and long-term care best meets your loved ones needs? Daphne Davis at Pinnacle Senior Placements talks about how you can begin the process of answering your questions. They have over 15 years of hands-on experience helping families make residential changes. So we can get to know you and your loved one, we will meet you face to face. Your lo...

Daphne Davis at Pinnacle Senior Placements talks about how her company acts as an objective party that is able to look into a family situation and be able to recognize certain warning signs, the ways elders compensate for shortcomings. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A big consideration in long-term care, whether it’s memory care or retirement living, is how in the world to fund it. Daphne Davis at Pinnacle Senior Placements shares some of those options today. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.