Kelly Senior Consulting
Your Senior Living Experts
Kelly Senior Consulting is a Free Referral and Placement Agency
We understand how difficult and time consuming it can be to navigate available senior living options. We offer a free service which focuses on your specific healthcare and living needs. Our dedicated team will personally tailor a search based on your care plan using our vast network of healthcare professionals, senior living communites and senior service resources. While our clientele have preferred Central Florida locations including Orange, Brevard, Volusia, Seminole and Indian River counties, we have helped families throughout Florida and nation-wide in their search for independent living communities, assisted living communities, residential home communities, memory care communities, respite stays and nursing homes.
Your Brevard County and Central Florida Senior Living Experts
Our Mission
With dedication and confidence we will guide you and your loved one through the process of selecting an appropriate senior living community. We begin with a face-to-face or virtual/online consultation which will help us gain an understanding of your care needs, affordability, activity level and preferred environment.
Through this process we often receive many questions such as “What is the difference between assisted living, respite living and long term care?” or “What is independent living or memory care?” We can provide a list of commonly asked questions to help bring you clarity.
Kelly Senior Consulting Services has over a decade of experience helping seniors and their families in the Brevard county and Central Florida area and has a well-established reputation of honesty and integrity. There is never a cost to you or your loved one to use our services!
What You Can Expect:
- A completely free service from start to finish. We are compensated via our partnering communities.
- An initial consultation and full assessment of needs for you or your loved one.
- We educate you regarding qualifying benefits, resources and budget considerations.
- We discuss your available options and preferred locations.
- We schedule and personally accompany you to tour communities based on care needs.
- We support you and your loved one in transitioning to their new home.
- Should you or your loved one decide that you are not yet ready for a higher level of care, we offer guidance on in-home services.
Living Options
Independent Living
Assisted Living
Memory Care
Respite Care
Long Term Care
Frequenty Asked Questions:
- What is the cost of these senior living options?
- What is the difference between independent living, assisted living, memory care and respite care?
- Does Medicare cover any of the cost?
- What are the pre-admission requirements?
- How are you compensated for your Senior Placement services?
- How do I pay for my preferred senior living option?
- What are the typical services provided by independent living, assisted living, memory care and respite care?
- What does “Long Term Care” mean?
- Is there financial assistance from the Veterans Administration?
- What is the difference between an assisted living facility and a skilled nursing facility?
- How can I or a loved one be safe until I/we find our preferred community?
For answers to these important questions...
Contact Us!Meet Kelly
Kelly is the CEO and owner of Kelly Senior Consulting. She is a Licensed Practical Nurse and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Advanced Allied Health. She has taken the Assisted Living Facility (ALF) core training course which focuses on the rules, regulations and licensure of senior living as regulated by the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA). Kelly has also completed the course for becoming a Certified Dementia Practitioner, as offered through the National Council of Certified Dementia Practitioners.
Becoming a nurse has allowed Kelly to fulfill her passion of helping others in her community. While Kelly Senior Consulting is based in Brevard county Florida, the organization provides assistance both state- and nation-wide. Kelly has worked in all avenues of healthcare including Independent Living, Assisted Living, Memory Care, Respite Care, In-home care (private duty and medical services), Hospice Care, Skilled Nursing, and Long Term Care.
Kelly began her career in direct patient care, after which she transitioned to the role of Nurse Care Manager - this position involved discharging patients from a skilled nursing facility with the components of case management. After some time, she would interact with these patients from the opposite end of the spectrum when she accepted a role working in the admissions department of a nursing home.
Given her career path as well as first-hand experience handling similar concerns with an elderly family member, Kelly realized that many residents and families are not aware of the community resources and financial support options available to them.
Finding a community that provides a higher level of care, while also matching their individual needs and daily living activities can be a stressful time for residents and families alike. Due to her personal and professional experiences with this, and with a desire to help those in similar situations, Kelly Senior Living Consultants was born - a free liaison service to residents and their families, which guides them with confidence on the journey of identifying, selecting, and transitioning to communities that offer a higher level of care that will keep them safe.
Veterans Benefits
Aid & Attendance Pension for Qualified Veterans
Understanding Aid and Attendance
The Veterans Administration established the Aid and Attendance pension in an effort to serve veterans in their time of need. The program offers financial support for assisted living care, based on the veteran’s time served, income history, and personal savings.
How it Works
In order for a veteran or a veteran’s surviving spouse to qualify for benefits, the veteran must have served at least 90 days of active duty, with a minimum of one day served during a wartime period.
The individual must require the regular attendance of another person to assist with activities of daily living: such as eating, bathing, or dressing/undressing.
Financial Benefits
The Aid and Attendance benefit is available to help offset the cost of assisted living, independent living, personal care, and in-home care. Benefits are paid directly to the veteran or spouse (not the residential care community), and are retroactive to the date of application. Pension categories include:
- Veterans and their spouse
- Veteran alone
- Surviving spouse of a veteran
Eligible Dates of Service
| Declared State of War | Time Period |
|---|---|
| World War I | 05/09/1916 – 11/11/1918 |
| World War II | 12/07/1941 – 12/31/1946 |
| Korean War | 06/27/1950 – 01/31/1955 |
| Vietnam War | 08/05/1964 – 05/07/1975 |
| Vietnam War (if served in-country) | 02/28/1961 – 05/07/1975 |
| Gulf War | 08/20/1990 – Present |
Contact Kelly Senior Consulting
Based in Brevard County, Florida and operating state- and nation-wide, we have over a decade of experience serving seniors and their families with extensive knowledge of Brevard and Central Florida senior resources. There is never a cost to you or your loved one to use our services!