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Senior Care Authority

If you are looking for senior placement services in the Triangle and the Surrounding Areas, then call our local owners to set up your consultation.

Meet the Owner

Tim Walsh Local Owner

Tim Walsh

Local Owner

Senior Care Advisor

Tim Walsh is the owner of Senior Care Authority for the Triangle, servicing Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill and the surrounding areas. He is a Certified Senior Advisor, and Certified Dementia Practitioner. He helps families navigate the broad, confusing, and often stressful waters of finding the best senior living options for their loved one.

After working for more than 25 years in the corporate world, Tim has found a way to use his life experiences to help others who are facing life changing decisions for themselves or a family member. Over the past few years, he has experienced first hand how challenging finding the right community can be when his father had to move out of Independent Living because of frequent falls. Following a successful operation to improve his balance and a rehabilitation stay, they were met with the task of finding a longer term community that would meet his dad’s needs. They finally found a suitable solution after countless hours of research, touring too many facilities and having to remove his dad from multiple communities that were not the right fit. Tim is now able to use this experience to help families save time, save money, and provide a much less stressful experience to find the right fit for their loved one, without going through the pain and frustration that he and his dad went through.

Tim now spends much of his time touring and reviewing local senior living communities including assisted and independent living, dementia and memory care, and residential care homes. He meets one-on-one with families to assess their needs and accompanies them on tours of pre-approved communities. He also assists with negotiations and paperwork, and follows up with the family once their loved one has moved in.

Originally from the Boston area, Tim moved to Raleigh in 2011 where he now lives with his wife Jamie and their two young children.

Senior Care Advisor visiting and going over information with senior clients

Your Advisor will meet with you in person to discuss your options and then accompany you on visits to places that meet your criteria. We ensure that all your questions are answered, and assist with paperwork and negotiations. The hallmark of our service commitment is that we are by your side every step of the way.

We are paid a referral fee by the communities and care homes so there is no cost to you for our placement services. In the rare case where we are not contracted with a community, your Advisor will let you know at the outset and explain any fees that might be incurred, should you choose that location. You can expect total transparency from us and we respect your right to choose.

Company History

Senior Care Authority

Senior Care Authority® was founded in 2009 by Frank and Michele Samson of Sonoma, California. They opened a local placement agency and learned everything there was to know about finding the right care situation for an older adult needing help with activities of daily living. They came to the Senior Care space with successful business development skills in their past as well as personal family experience finding care solutions. The business took off, primarily due to their diligence, compassion, and commitment to helping families.

Headshot of Frank M. Samson, CSA, Founder & CEO

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