SENIOR LIVING MYTHS UNMASKED

Placement Specialist delivers free seminar in Brookfield

A former retirement community executive who has toured and evaluated more than 170 independent, assisted-living and nursing home locations will deliver a free seminar on Wednesday, October 8, at Brookfield Village Hall, 8820 Brookfield Ave.

Andrea Donovan’s one-hour program, “Senior Living Myths Unmasked: Separating Fact from Fiction,” begins at 7 p.m.

To register, call Donovan at 708-442-7174.

Donovan’s talk will demystify what can be an overwhelming task—picking the right senior alternative living option for a loved one.

Placement professionals like Donovan match seniors with an independent, assisted-living or nursing home community.

Since the June 2006 founding of her company, Andrea Donovan Senior Living Advisors, Donovan has accepted no money from any facility when she guides seniors in their decisions to live there.

“I don’t think it’s right to steer somebody to a place that’s paying me,” said Donovan. “If I were trying to place one of my parents, I’d want to get help from someone who didn’t even have the appearance of a conflict of interest.”

She knows of no other placement professionals locally who adhere to her policy of independent advising.

From 1999 to 2004, Donovan was director of admissions and marketing of a St. Andrew Life Center in Niles, a continuing care retirement community that included independent, assisted-living and nursing care. During her tenure, the Illinois Department of Public Health did not issue any deficiency citations—a rare distinction in any given year, let alone a five-year period.

She holds a BA in sociology/communications from St. Mary’s College of Notre Dame, and an MBA from Loyola University.

For more information, or to learn how to obtain a free consultation, contact Donovan at 708-442-7174. Her website is www.adsla.biz.