How to use the Seniors Blue Book
Kathleen Warshawsky, BSN, RN
Mar 25, 2024
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You've picked up a copy of the seniors Blue Book. Perhaps you're worried about your aging parents and you need some guidance on how to keep them safe at home or maybe you're considering downsizing or moving into a senior housing community and you just feel completely overwhelmed with where to begin. No matter the reason, searching for this kind of information can often be very intimidating and very confusing
Seniors Blue Book is
your trusted resource to help you navigate through all of this information and
more. Our goal is to help you find options and information so that you can make
educated and informed decisions for yourself and your loved ones our guides are
designed to help you find the specific information that you need very quickly.
If I flip the book on
its side see here how there's three colors that jump out on the cut Edge – blue,
purple, and green
The blue section is
where you will find local area Community Resources and services. This section
is laid out very similar to an old school directory. If you refer to the table
of contents you will find more than 80 categories listed in alphabetical order
to help you find the services that you need. The majority of the services in
this blue section are offered either free or at low cost to most seniors and
caregivers and includes many government services and non-profit agencies.
The purple section is
where we provide the different Home Health, hospice and home care agencies.
The green section is
where we provide a listing of senior housing communities in the area. We sort
them into the levels of care that they provide. They include retirement
communities, independent living, Assisted Living, Memory Care and skilled
nursing.
To keep the book
manageable, we also provide resources on our website at seniorsbluebook.com or
sbbdallas.com
To access the Greater
Dallas Page information. you'll want to click on SBB markets up in the right
hand corner select greater dallas and from here you can sort and filter through
all of the services and resources available.
Our website offers even
more for you. You have access to our educational library which contains thousands
of videos and articles just for you. We also have an events calendar filled
with local senior fairs, educational webinars, Live Events and so much more.
My name is Kathleen
Warshawsky, I'm the Seniors Blue Book publisher here in the Dallas Fort Worth
area and I would love to hear from you.
Have a great day!
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