What do SLC Senior Advisor's guides cover?
Our 12 guides cover Utah's Type I and Type II assisted living licenses, secure memory care units, DLBC inspection records, costs and Medicaid waivers, hospital discharge in Salt Lake, and help in Salt Lake and Tooele counties, each sourced to Utah rules, Utah agencies or federal data.
New guides publish on a regular schedule; the newest appears in the footer of every page. Each guide opens with a short answer, includes at least one data table, and ends with the questions families ask about it.
How are the guides different from the rest of the site?
The rules, costs and directory pages are reference material; the guides take one situation or decision at a time and walk through it the way a family would face it, linking back to the reference pages for the full rules.
If a guide and a reference page ever disagree, the reference page is updated first and the guide is corrected.
Small Assisted Living Homes in the Salt Lake Valley: What the License Tells You
Thirteen 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.
Read the guide →October 23, 2026Hospice in Utah Assisted Living: The Evacuation Rule Behind Nine Local Citations
Utah 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.
Read the guide →October 18, 2026Salt Lake County Added 23,500 Residents 65 and Older in Five Years
Census 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.
Read the guide →October 13, 2026Medication Findings Lead Utah's Citations. What to Ask Your Parent's Facility
Forty 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.
Read the guide →October 8, 2026On the Aging Waiver Waiting List? What Salt Lake Families Can Do in the Meantime
Utah'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.
Read the guide →October 3, 2026Senior Care in Tooele County: The Licensed Options Across the Oquirrhs
Tooele 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.
Read the guide →September 29, 2026Utah Senior Care Costs in 2025: What the Medians Mean for Salt Lake Families
Utah 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.
Read the guide →September 24, 2026Observation Status at a Salt Lake Hospital Can Cost You Rehab Coverage
Medicare 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.
Read the guide →September 20, 2026Where the Salt Lake Valley's 1,194 Secure Memory Care Beds Are
Utah 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.
Read the guide →September 16, 2026The New Choices Waiver's 365-Day Path: A Planning Timeline for Salt Lake Families
Utah'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.
Read the guide →September 12, 2026What 227 DLBC Findings Say About Salt Lake Assisted Living
Utah 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.
Read the guide →September 8, 2026Type I or Type II? The Utah Assisted Living Choice Salt Lake Families Get Wrong
Utah 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.
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