Convert more of your website visitors to residents.
The Eldercare Screener is an easy-to-use screening tool that:
embeds directly into your website
engages your website visitors by allowing them to take a free eldercare screening
accurately identifies those who are candidates for assisted living
encourages those determined to be assisted living candidates to forward their screening results directly
to your staff for follow-up
notifies your staff via email each time screening results and a request for contact is received; and
facilitates a "needs-based" dialogue with pre-screened prospects
It’s as easy as adding a link to the Eldercare Screener on your website!
How It Works
You create a graphic or widget on your website home page where your site visitors can access the Eldercare Screener (View Sample).
Your site visitors who click on the graphic/widget to take the screening will be redirected to the Eldercare Screener’s 12 item Assisted Living Questionnaire. The questionnaire accurately identifies those who are candidates for assisted living, while filtering out those who are not (see questionnaire)
Screenings can be self-administered by individuals who want to know if they need an assisted living arrangement, or by friends or family members on behalf of a loved one about whom they are concerned.
To view a video of the Eldercare Screener, click here
Additional Marketing Opportunities
In addition to making the Eldercare Screener available to your website visitors, you can also use it to build a marketing campaign to encourage public screenings and drive traffic to your website. Links to the Eldercare Screener can easily be embedded into any internet-based display ad, pay-per-click ad, or print ads.
Instructions: Select the response that best describes the current circumstance for each of the 12 sections listed below. When you have completed all 12 responses, click the “Submit” button at the bottom of the page to obtain your results.
1. Personal Care- Bathing/Grooming
Includes:
Taking baths or showers
Dental/mouth care
Hair care
Shaving
Toe/fingernail care
Performs independently
Requires some supervision
Requires physical assistance
Totally dependent
2. Personal Care-Toileting
Includes:
Ability to use the toilet, commode, bedpan, or urinal safely
Ability to cleanse self, flush toilet, and change protective garment, if applicable
Ability to manage an ostomy or catheter, if applicable
Ability to wash hands
Performs independently
Requires some supervision
Requires physical assistance
Totally dependent
3. Dietary
Includes:
Meal preparation
Ability to follow special diet, if applicable
Ability to remember to eat regularly
Ability to maintain a healthy weight
Ability to cut reasonably-sized portions, and ability to chew and swallow safely
Ability to opt for soft or liquid foods when chewing or swallowing is problematic
Performs independently
Requires some supervision
Requires physical assistance
Totally dependent
4. Mobility
Includes:
Ability to get around
Transfer to/from bed
Transfer to/from chair or wheelchair
Ability to evacuate in case of emergency
Performs independently
Requires some supervision
Requires physical assistance
Totally dependent
5. Housekeeping
Includes:
Ability to clean bedroom, make bed
Clean up after meal preparation
Clean up bathroom after use
Doing laundry
Emptying trash
Performs independently
Requires some supervision
Requires physical assistance
Totally dependent
6. Behavioral/Mental Functioning
Includes:
Orientation to time, day, place
Memory/Ability to recall
Ability to exercise good judgment
Ability to follow instructions
Sociability
Ability to control outbursts, disruptive behavior
Excellent behavioral/mental functioning
Some mild degradation of behavioral/mental functioning
Increasing degradation of behavioral/mental functioning
Substantial and increasing degradation of behavioral/mental functioning
7. Finances
Includes:
Ability to pay bills on time
Ability to balance checkbook
Ability to do banking
Ability to manage assets such as real estate or securities
Ability to keep track of money when shopping
Ability to exercise sound financial judgment
Ability to avoid senior financial fraud
Performs independently
Requires some supervision
Requires physical assistance
Totally dependent
8. Medication
Includes:
Ability to take medication when scheduled/required
Ability to take correct dosage
Ability to get prescriptions re-filled when necessary
Performs independently
Requires some supervision
Requires physical assistance
Totally dependent
9. Safety
Includes:
Ability to be alone
Ability to operate household appliances
Ability to use gas or electric cooking appliances
Ability to lock doors/windows at night, or to set an alarm system
Performs independently
Requires some supervision
Requires physical assistance
Totally dependent
10. Communication
Includes:
Ability to use the phone or computer
Ability to look up phone numbers or email addresses
Ability to call 911, if needed
Ability to communicate clearly and make needs known to others
Performs independently
Requires some supervision
Requires physical assistance
Totally dependent
11. Transportation/Driving
Includes:
Ability to operate a vehicle safely, if still driving
Ability to hail a cab, catch a bus, or use the subway
Ability to discern/follow a travel schedule/itinerary
Ability to select correct destination
Performs independently
Requires some supervision
Requires physical assistance
Totally dependent
12. Doctor Visits
Includes:
Ability to make and keep doctor appointments
Ability to get to and from the doctor’s office
Ability to communicate health concerns to doctor
Ability to comprehend and follow doctor’s instructions
Performs independently
Requires some supervision
Requires physical assistance
Totally dependent
Results for Assisted Living Questionnaire (ALQ-12)
For scores ranging between 0-5:
Assisted Living is not indicated at this time. However, watchful waiting is recommended. Feel free to take this questionnaire in the future, particularly if you notice any immediate or significant change in the areas of functioning covered by this questionnaire.
For scores ranging between 6-10:
Assisted Living is not indicated at this time. However, it is recommended that you re-take this screening in 6 months, or right away if you notice any immediate or significant change in the areas of functioning covered by this questionnaire.
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us, and a staff member will be happy to assist you.
Our contact number is: 800-000-000
For scores ranging between 11-20:
Assisted Living may be indicated.
For scores 21 and above:
Assisted Living is indicated. Depending upon the degree of need, access to skilled nursing may also be indicated.
Below is a sample graphic that would be installed by your webmaster on your website home page to encourage your site visitors to take a screening. Note that this sample graphic includes a $500 admissions credit as an incentive to get visitors to complete the screening. This is just a suggestion. You can create any incentive you wish, or none at all.
You can select which addictions to screen for, and only those screeners you select will be displayed to your website visitors
Each time one of your website visitors takes a screening and screens positive for an assisted living arrangement, they are given the option to share their screening data with, and request contact from, those of your staff members who have created an account on the Eldercare Screener administration site. The screening data and contact request park in the Contact Requests inbox. Staff members can log in any time to the admin site from any internet-connected device to retrieve the screening data and contact requests from the inbox.
Each time screening data, and a request for contact is received from one of your website visitors, your staff members who have created an account on the Eldercare Screener administration site will be notified via email of the pending request. This in turn will prompt them to log in, review the screening data, and make contact with the prospect.
This feature allows a staff member who has access to the admin page to "capture" a prospect. Upon doing so, all other staff members with admin rights will be notified for the capture via email. This helps avoid more than one staff member attending to the same prospect.
Our Analytics application tracks number of click-thrus, screenings, and contact requests.
