Assisted Living Facility Moving in the Sacramento Valley

An assisted living building is where people live, so the move follows the building's day. Meal service, medication passes and afternoon rest set the times when hallways must stay clear. We ask the administrator for those times and for the crew's route, usually a service entrance and staff elevator rather than the front lobby. Memory care wings have secured doors, and staff let the crew through instead of sharing the code.

For resident-room moves, name one family contact and one staff contact. The family confirms what goes. Care staff sign off that the room can be entered and that the resident is settled somewhere comfortable while the crew works. Where the community leases its building, a certificate of insurance can be issued to the owner on request.

Resident furniture is often old and much loved, so it gets full pads even for a short trip down the hall. The family empties drawers or tapes them shut, and glass tops travel separately. In the new room the bed, chair and dresser go in first, then the crew checks the walking path before cartons come in. A cluttered floor is a fall risk, so an extra box goes home in the family's car rather than into the room.

Common-area work uses runners along the whole route and guards at every corner with a handrail. Nothing is staged in a corridor residents use. The crew does not touch medications, oxygen equipment, mobility aids in use, or anything wired to the nurse-call system.