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Location: East of Seattle since 1992, 615' Elevation, Zone 8b - originally from SF Bay Area
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When we looked for a place for my mother in law, we paid a nurse/social worker consultant $250 to do the research and find us good situations to check out. We visited 3 of them and chose one. It was well worth the money, because she looked at all of the reports from the inspections, any complaints to the state, considered the condition of the other residents, whether they accept medicaid, and even the personalities of the people running it to ensure compatibility. The last thing we would do is find one in the yellow pages or Craigslist, home of the scam. Your problem will be no proven track record or history, so no references from families of satisfied residents. We would not have chosen a place under those circumstances.
Someone tried to open one in our neighborhood, and placed a sign in the front yard but the city made them take it down. They had room for 6 but never had more than 1-2 and ended up going out of business in less than a year. My suggestion would be to start out with word-of-mouth. People who know you, spreading the news of your opening to their family and friends could be helpful in getting started. You could also place an add in a local newspaper if you have one, especially one of those tabloid sized weeklies. Then there's the bulletin board at the supermarket.
Well, the OP posed her question well over two years ago and never returned to either the thread or any CD forum so I guess we'll never know whether or not she opened up her group home!
Is it better to rent or buy a home when starting a group home?
From the owner of the business point of view, you'd be much better off renting. From the landlord's point of view, a landlord would have to be crazy to rent you a house to put any sort of group home into. So, rent if you can find a place to rent without committing fraud on your rental application.
Hello,,actually am planning to open up my group home but was gathering information...l hear it's a hard job which requires 24 hour supervision 7 days a week..
My friend told me it's hard to get patients ..would like to get in touch with someone who has a group home to advise please...please..
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