SLC Senior Advisor Guides https://slcsenioradvisor.com/blog/ 2026-10-28T00:00:00Z SLC Senior Advisor Care Team Small Assisted Living Homes in the Salt Lake Valley: What the License Tells Youhttps://slcsenioradvisor.com/blog/small-assisted-living-homes-salt-lake-valley-what-to-know/2026-10-28T00:00:00Z2026-10-28T00:00:00ZThirteen of the area's 69 assisted living licenses are small or limited-capacity homes. Most are Type I. How Utah's size classes work and what to check before choosing a house over a building. Hospice in Utah Assisted Living: The Evacuation Rule Behind Nine Local Citationshttps://slcsenioradvisor.com/blog/hospice-evacuation-plans-utah-assisted-living-citations/2026-10-23T00:00:00Z2026-10-23T00:00:00ZUtah lets assisted living residents stay on hospice, with evacuation safeguards. DLBC has cited eight Salt Lake area facilities under those safeguards since late 2023. What families should ask. Salt Lake County Added 23,500 Residents 65 and Older in Five Yearshttps://slcsenioradvisor.com/blog/salt-lake-county-65-plus-population-growth-2020-2025/2026-10-18T00:00:00Z2026-10-18T00:00:00ZCensus estimates show the county's older population grew 17% between 2020 and 2025 while overall population grew 3%. What that means for families planning senior care in the valley. Medication Findings Lead Utah's Citations. What to Ask Your Parent's Facilityhttps://slcsenioradvisor.com/blog/medication-errors-utah-assisted-living-what-to-ask/2026-10-13T00:00:00Z2026-10-13T00:00:00ZForty of the 227 DLBC findings at Salt Lake and Tooele county assisted living involve medications. How Utah's medication rules work, and the questions that reveal how a building handles them. On the Aging Waiver Waiting List? What Salt Lake Families Can Do in the Meantimehttps://slcsenioradvisor.com/blog/aging-waiver-waiting-list-what-to-do-meanwhile/2026-10-08T00:00:00Z2026-10-08T00:00:00ZUtah's Aging Waiver can pay for in-home help for people 65 and older, but it has a waiting list. How to bridge the gap with county programs, adult day care and careful use of paid hours. Senior Care in Tooele County: The Licensed Options Across the Oquirrhshttps://slcsenioradvisor.com/blog/tooele-county-senior-care-options-2026/2026-10-03T00:00:00Z2026-10-03T00:00:00ZTooele County's older population is growing faster than Salt Lake County's, but its licensed care options are few. A plain inventory from Utah's records, and how Tooele families widen the search. Utah Senior Care Costs in 2025: What the Medians Mean for Salt Lake Familieshttps://slcsenioradvisor.com/blog/utah-senior-care-costs-2025-what-salt-lake-pays/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZUtah ranks among the cheaper states for assisted living but among the pricier ones for home care. What CareScout's 2025 Utah medians show, and what they leave out. Observation Status at a Salt Lake Hospital Can Cost You Rehab Coveragehttps://slcsenioradvisor.com/blog/observation-status-salt-lake-hospital-rehab-coverage/2026-09-24T00:00:00Z2026-09-24T00:00:00ZMedicare pays for a skilled nursing rehab stay only after three inpatient days. Time under observation does not count. Here is how Salt Lake families protect themselves after a fall. Where the Salt Lake Valley's 1,194 Secure Memory Care Beds Arehttps://slcsenioradvisor.com/blog/where-salt-lake-valley-memory-care-beds-are/2026-09-20T00:00:00Z2026-09-20T00:00:00ZUtah counts memory care as secure beds inside Type II assisted living licenses. DLBC's monthly report shows 40 local licenses with secure beds, concentrated in the south valley and Salt Lake City. The New Choices Waiver's 365-Day Path: A Planning Timeline for Salt Lake Familieshttps://slcsenioradvisor.com/blog/new-choices-waiver-365-day-path-salt-lake/2026-09-16T00:00:00Z2026-09-16T00:00:00ZUtah's New Choices Waiver can pay for care services in assisted living once a resident has lived in a licensed facility for a year and meets Medicaid rules. Planning for that moment starts at move-in. What 227 DLBC Findings Say About Salt Lake Assisted Livinghttps://slcsenioradvisor.com/blog/what-227-dlbc-findings-say-about-salt-lake-assisted-living/2026-09-12T00:00:00Z2026-09-12T00:00:00ZUtah publishes three years of inspection findings for every licensed facility. We read all of them for Salt Lake and Tooele county assisted living. Here is what stands out. Type I or Type II? The Utah Assisted Living Choice Salt Lake Families Get Wronghttps://slcsenioradvisor.com/blog/type-i-or-type-ii-assisted-living-salt-lake-choice/2026-09-08T00:00:00Z2026-09-08T00:00:00ZUtah splits assisted living by one test: can a resident get out of the building alone? Choosing the wrong license type is the most common reason Salt Lake families face a second move.