Francine Brooks
Free Senior Adult Placement
Counseling Service
351 North Hermosa Court
Suite 3C1
Palm Springs, California 92262
E-Mail: FRANCINE BROOKS
760-322-1589 / 760-360-4224 FAX
Free Senior Adult Placement
Counseling Service
351 North Hermosa Court
Suite 3C1
Palm Springs, California 92262
E-Mail: FRANCINE BROOKS
760-322-1589 / 760-360-4224 FAX
Francine
Brooks provides an incredible, invaluable service.She has personally pre-screened over fifty of Palm Springs, Palm Desert, Rancho Mirage, Indian Wells, La Quinta and the Coachella Valley's finest Retirement and Nursing Homes.
She will personally negotiate the best possible care and facility that you or your loved one can afford.
After placement, she will personally monitor and visit your loved one no less than once a week to insure that their needs are being met and that they are receiving only the very best of care.
And she does it
all FREE of charge for seniors and their families!
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Sell a Board & Care Facility? Francine Brooks and Carol Phillps (Licensed California Real Estate Agent) will assist you with the entire process including obtaining a California Board & Care License. From 6 - 49 bed nursing care facilities. |
To Whom It May Concern:
My mother has Alzheimer's with dementia and was in her 4th year when I came out, at her doctor's request, to care for her. She continued to worsen until I finally realized that I could no longer care for her without causing problems to my own family. I placed my mother in a non-locked facility in Desert Hot Springs. This place was great for the first 3 months until she started to wander off of the property. They called me and said that I would have to remove my mother as they could no longer care for her.
I placed her in a Palm Springs facility and queried them as to whether or not they could keep her if she was wandering. "Yes," they said, "we specialize in Alzheimer's patients." However, 2 months later they called to tell me that my mother was wandering off of the property. They also informed me that the cost would now be $3,000 PLUS expenses per month. I had no choice. By this time, my mother did not recognize me 60% of the time.
Unbeknownst to me, Francine Brooks had stopped by the facility, noticed what was going on and called to tell me that my mother was vegetating in there. She informed me that they were strapping my mother into her bed at night and, to prevent her wandering, strapping her into her wheelchair during the day. I expected a little more for $3,000 a month! With my approval, Francine immediately located a far superior facility for $1,000 less a month that gave my mother the personal attention she needed.
Unfortunately, by this time, my financial problems had worsened to the point where I could no longer afford to maintain even the lesser expense of the new facility. My mother was receiving $1,074.00 a month from Social Security and I was carrying the balance. Francine immediately located another facility in Cathedral City that would provide the appropriate care for $1,000 a month. Thank God for Francine! When the facility my mother was in got wind of this, they offered to retain her for $1,250 a month. Francine explained to them that $1,000 would be the maximum I could afford. They then called me and agreed to keep my mother for $1,000 a month
Francine Brooks will do whatever it takes to care for the person who needs help and she will continue to check in on them to make sure that they are being properly cared for. She will help you if you have financial problems to get you the best possible care while staying within your budget.
I couldn't recommend her more.
Sincerely,
Michael P. Hallisey
