Gilbert Guide: Bay Area Edition (Paperback)

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Editorial Reviews

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Gilbert Guide relays their independent research, delivering trustworthy information that helps families find the right resources. -- Elizabeth Edgerly PhD, Alzheimer's Association of Northern California, October 2, 2005

Gilbert Guide relays their independent research, delivering trustworthy information that helps families find the right resources. --Elizabeth Edgerly PhD, Alzheimer's Association of Northern California, October 2, 2005

This is the first guide that eliminates the guesswork from one of the most important decisions you may ever make. -- Robert Margolin MD, California Medical Association, September 18, 2004

This is the first guide that eliminates the guesswork from one of the most important decisions you may ever make. --Robert Margolin MD, California Medical Association, September 18, 2004

Product Description
Gilbert Guide provides the ultimate guidebook to finding the best in long-term care. Gilbert Guide: Bay Area Edition covers the entire spectrum of long-term care options in San Francisco, San Mateo, Marin, Southern Napa and Sonoma counties—from skilled nursing and assisted living facilities, to geriatric care management, homecare, hospice and more. Every facility, organization and individual listed in our guides has been handpicked by our team of experts. Gilbert Guide is accurate, authoritative and completely independent. We do not accept advertising, or payment for any type of content. Gilbert Guide exists solely to serve the needs and interests of our readers. That's why we list only the very best options in local long-term care. You won't find the information in Gilbert Guide anywhere else—much less in one place. Gilbert Guide is designed for long-term care professionals as well as family caregivers. We're proud that our guides empower readers to make the right choices for themselves and the people they care about.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 407 pages
• Publisher: Gilbert Guide (September 14, 2005)
• ISBN-10: 0976434601
• ISBN-13: 978-0976434603
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,118,412 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Useful San Francisco Bay Area Long Term Care Guide, September 30, 2006

By	Michele Boudinot "elder advocate" (Corte Madera, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a very useful, objective resource guide for finding the best in long term care (LTC) options in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area (apparently the East Bay has a separate guide and I believe the Guide is expanding to other cities, as well). The guide is a comprehensive overview of all of the local LTC services and facilities; chapter One describes the various functions of home care, geriatric care management, adult day care, assisted living facilities, continuing care communities, skilled nursing facilities and hospice, specifying what each does and what to expect.

Chapter Two is particulary useful, in that it describes "who pays for what" - listing different ways of paying for LTC, costs and eligibility requirements of various forms of coverage, and which facilities and services accept which form of payment. It even lists local phone numbers.

The rest of the Guide is by County: San Francisco, San Mateo, Marin and Southern Napa and Sonoma Counties. (As someone who covers all of Napa and Sonoma counties, this was my only frustration - not having the northern areas covered). Each listing includes detailed information, including costs, unique qualities and a personalized in-depth review.

The Guide is appropriate and useful for both professionals and family members overwhelmed by choices. I hope they are able to expand into other communities - there is a real need for objective, thorough and informational, locally-based guides to long term care options.

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent resource!, August 25, 2008

By	PJ "bluedogbooks" (Fish Creek, WI) - See all my reviews

I purchased this when I was trying to locate a new living space for my elderly mother-in-law. As she was living in the San Francisco area and I was coming in from Wisconsin, it was extremely difficult to collect good information, but this book really helped me narrow down the choices. I would have given this five stars, but the binding was inadequate and I ended up relying on a large rubber band to hold all the pages in the book!