Have you heard about the recent roofing scam affecting seniors? Who can you trust when you need roof repairs, have a leak, or you need your annual roof “check up”?
Our blogs often focus on Medicare tips or specific senior related services to help you on your Medicare journey. I continue to reference the importance of building a strong Medicare or Senior Healthcare Team of specialists and resources that complement each other and your short and long term healthcare plan in retirement. A very important (and not mentioned enough) part of successful and healthy aging in place is having a trusted team of contractors to provide reliable and fair maintenance and repairs to your home as you age in place. One of the most important services to have performed by properly trained and licensed tradespeople is Roofing.
Everyone wants to know that their mothers, fathers, and grandparents are going to be safe and not taken advantage of if leaks, hail damage, or other issues affect their roof or neighborhood. With the onslaught of spam texting and phone calls, mailers, door flyers and even door to door scam attempts, Seniors are left not knowing who to trust. We asked The Philadelphia Roof Doctor how they protect their clients.
*Local Trusted Resource* is a list compiled by me. Disclaimer, there is not "one magic list" out there of trusted partners, however, I aim to share any "Tara Verified" tips I can that will improve the level of confidence and independence that can gained by my clients (and all seniors). I know that having a wide