All professionals / For doctors' offices and memory clinics

When the family asks you where she should go.

You're often the first to see that home isn't safe anymore, usually around a diagnosis. You don't have time to find a place. Hand the family my number or this page, or send me the needs with no name, and we'll take it from there.

Start a request Call or text 305-526-4205

I never pay, gift or reward anyone for sending a family, and nothing here means a doctor endorses any home.

What I know about your day

Families ask the doctor first, and a visit only has a few minutes.
The front desk gets the 1823 calls, usually in a rush.
Some families need a plan for later, not a move this week.

How I help

Miami Placement reaches out to the family and walks them through their options.
The family gets a clear list of what the home needs from your office, so you get one clear request instead of five.
Homes answer with the bed and the price before anyone tours.
Homes whose staff speak English or Spanish, when the family needs it.

Papers the home will usually ask for

AHCA Form 1823, the health assessment, signed by a doctor, APRN or PA. The home tells you how recent it has to be.
Current medication list with doses.
Diagnoses the home should know about, including the memory diagnosis and stage if known.
Orders the home has to follow, like a special diet, oxygen, wound care or hospice.
An order for any half-bed rail or other device that limits movement, like a wheelchair seat belt the person can't undo alone. The home also needs the family's written okay, and the doctor reviews it once a year.
Florida DNRO form (DH 1896), if one is signed.
Who decides for the patient: health care surrogate, power of attorney or guardian, if there is one.

Every home has its own admission list, and the home decides. Once the family or guardian picks a home, fax these straight to that home. Miami Placement sends you the number. Please don't email records or attach them here.

What your office can hand the family

Print these for the front desk or the checkout window. Nothing on them is medical.

When home isn't working anymore

Many families reach a point where keeping a loved one safe at home gets too hard. That's normal, and you don't have to figure it out alone. Miami Placement helps families in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach find assisted living, from small family homes to larger communities, with real open beds and prices. Families never pay us.

Call or text 305-526-4205

English and Español.

QR code to miamiplacement.com/get-help

We are not a health care provider. I run Mary's House ALF, a licensed boutique residential assisted living facility in Cutler Bay, and have a personal interest in it.

Family slip

This family would like help finding a place to live

Family contact: ______________________

Best phone: ______________________

Language: ______________________

☐ The family says it's okay for Miami Placement to call them.

Give the slip to the family. Or, with their okay, text a photo of it to 305-526-4205. Please don't write a diagnosis on it.

A short video for the family

What papers the home needs at move-in, and what the home reads on the 1823. Families can watch it here or on our Papers for move-in page.

▶ Watch the video

Draft video

Read what the video says

Once a family picks a home, the next question is always, "What do we need to bring?" Here's the short list, so move-in day goes smooth.

First, a health assessment from the doctor.

In Florida it's usually called the 1823.

It has to be done within 60 days before the move or 30 days after.

Ask the doctor early.

It's the paper that holds things up the most.

The home reads that form to see if it can meet your mom's needs.

A few things matter most.

Can she get from the bed to a chair, even with help?

Florida doesn't let an assisted living home take someone who's bedridden, unless they're on hospice.

Does she need a nurse to give her medicines?

Some homes have one, and some let you bring in your own.

And the doctor has to say her needs can be met in assisted living.

The doctor writes what's true.

If it shows she needs more care than assisted living gives, that's good to know early, so we can look at the right kind of place.

Next, the legal papers, if she has them.

A health care surrogate.

A power of attorney.

Guardianship papers, if there's a guardian.

A do not resuscitate order, if she signed one.

A living will.

If she doesn't have some of these, that's okay.

Just tell the home.

If she's on hospice, bring the hospice care plan.

If the doctor ordered a special diet, bring that order too.

Bring her photo ID and her insurance cards, like Medicare and Medicaid.

Give those straight to the home.

We never ask for Social Security numbers or account numbers.

Then medicines and supplies.

The home will tell you how they want medicines brought in.

Once you pick a home, they'll usually give you their admission package.

Fill out as much as you can at home, and bring it with you.

On move-in day, the administrator often sits down with you to go over it and make sure every paper is there.

Read the agreement, and ask about anything you don't understand.

Every home is a little different.

If you're not sure what they need, just ask.

The state forms are on our site, under Papers for move-in.

We can help you put it all together, at no cost to your family.

MiamiPlacement.com.