A couple of weeks ago, I decided to search for another assisted living facility for my mom because her agreement with Mifflin Court was only for a month. She is STILL not ready and quite frankly, I have my doubts she ever will be at this point, but given she refuses to accept the possibility that she may never be able to go home and live alone like she had previously I am at a total loss anymore.
At any rate, on the referral from a friend, I contacted "A Place For Mom" to get more information, Now, for those of you, like me, who by the name alone assumed that this was either a nursing home or a senior assisted living facility, it is NOT! It is a so-called "free" referral service. First of all, NOTHING in life is ever "free"! I should have done my homework BEFORE contacting them, but thank God I did not go any further with these scam artists.
Long story short, I received a phone call from Kim, my contact at Mifflin Court, immediately after I had sent her an email inquiring when exactly my mom's last day there would be that she would need to be out. I explained to her that I was looking into a local facility called, "Rittenhouse" via A Place For Mom referral service. SHE wasted no time in calling me and explained that "A Place For Mom" has financial contracts with participating senior living facilities and that the TRUTH is that they tell you that their service is "free" BUT what they do not tell you is that the facility pays the first month for your loved be to be there. MEANING, that THAT money IS A Place For Mom's commission that YOU will actually pay for in the end because "... that facility is not going to lose that money." Kim further said, "I have been doing this for 34 years and they will make up that month's expense from you."
So, at the moment I am trying to work with Kim to extend my mom's stay at Mifflin Court. This entire thing has been nothing but a complete nightmare! I would not wish this sh*t on my worst enemy, - I swear it.
Among the bad reviews and such that I found (and there were MANY) I thought it noteworthy to share these:
This whole experience has made me so ANGRY that I just had to publish this post. I understand that "nothing is free" but I refuse to pay someone else thousands of dollars to do something I could have done myself in the first place. A Place For Mom is nothing more than a Ponzi scheme and a rip-off IMO. As the saying goes, "BUYER BEWARE!" ..
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A Place For Mom is nothing more than heavy advertising bundled with boiler room commission sales reps pressured to close. APFM performs no due diligence or quality review of providers before, during or after placement. It is not "free!" Your first month payment to a provider is their fee. APFM is nothing more than a bulletin board directory used by service providers to generate leads. Nothing more. Rather, there is something more... Harassment by high pressure boiler room commission sales reps. APFM could be selling penny stocks, commodities, options, aluminum siding or extended warranties...same model. Generate leads! Sure business is business just realize You are the mark!.