Local senior-placement guidance
At no cost to seniors and families
Local senior-placement guidance
At no cost to seniors and families
About Care Compass
Care Compass is intentionally small and personal. You work with a local advisor who learns your family’s story and remains part of the process from the first conversation through follow-up.

FREE to Seniors and Families
Participating senior living communities compensate Care Compass, so families do not pay for placement guidance.
Personal, Local Guidance
Work directly with local advisors who know communities across Sarasota, Manatee, and Charlotte Counties.
Support From Search Through Move-In
Get thoughtful help comparing options, touring communities, coordinating the move, and following up afterward.
A Relationship, Not a Referral List
A community can look right on paper and still be wrong for the person. That is why Care Compass begins with listening—not listings.
Your advisor takes time to understand daily routines, personality, care requirements, budget, family dynamics, and the practical realities of a move. Then she helps you narrow the options, tour with purpose, and compare communities with a clearer head.
The relationship continues through placement, move-in coordination, and post-move advocacy. You are not handed off to a call center or left to restart the story with someone new.
The person, not the vacancy list, sets the direction of the search.
Families deserve clear tradeoffs and room to make their own informed decision.
Support continues through tours, coordination, move-in, and follow-up.
Senior Living Options
Care Compass helps families understand the differences between independent living, assisted living, and memory care, then compare appropriate local communities.
Support comparing assisted living communities that balance independence with help for daily routines, medication management, meals, and personal care.
Explore Assisted LivingGuidance identifying memory care communities with secure environments, specialized programming, and compassionate support for changing cognitive needs.
Explore Memory CareHelp exploring independent living communities that offer a maintenance-free lifestyle, convenient amenities, and opportunities to stay active and connected.
Meet Your Advisors
Our advisors bring complementary experience, a shared commitment to advocacy, and the kind of local knowledge families can lean on.

Your Local Advisor
Senior Placement Advisor
Karalyn brings a social-work background and years of senior-living experience to every family she serves. She listens closely to what matters—care needs, personality, budget, location, and family priorities—then helps turn a confusing list of options into a thoughtful, manageable plan. As owner of Care Compass Advisors, she stays personally involved from the first conversation through tours, placement, move-in, and follow-up.

Your Local Advisor
Senior Placement Advisor
For more than 25 years, Tammy has helped seniors and families navigate transitions into the right living environment. She coordinates community recommendations and tours, helps families compare care plans and costs, supports placement and move-in details, arranges transportation when needed, and continues advocating after the move. Her calm, hands-on approach helps families feel informed and supported at every step.

Your Local Advisor
Senior Placement Advisor
A Venice native, Charlyn Clements has spent the past decade helping seniors and their families navigate housing transitions throughout Sarasota County. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Interpersonal and Organizational Communication from the University of Central Florida and is both a licensed Realtor and licensed Community Association Manager. Charlyn also holds the Senior Real Estate Specialist (SRES®) designation through the National Association of Realtors.
As a Senior Placement Advisor with Care Compass, Charlyn helps clients evaluate independent living, assisted living, and memory care options based on their individual needs, preferences, and budget. She works closely with families throughout the placement process, from touring communities to coordinating a successful move.
In addition to senior placement, Charlyn provides comprehensive real estate services for clients who need to sell their home as part of their transition. She has built a trusted network of professionals specializing in senior moves, including estate sale companies, downsizing specialists, movers, contractors, attorneys, financial professionals, and other local resources. This allows her to guide clients through every step of the transition, from selecting the right senior living community to preparing and selling their home.
By combining senior placement expertise with real estate experience, Charlyn provides clients with a single point of contact throughout one of life’s biggest transitions.

Your Local Advisor
Senior Living Specialist
Alicia Green has been working with Seniors for over 20 years. She grew up in Connecticut which is also where she raised her 2 adult children. She and her husband Ray have lived in Florida for 11 years now and just love the “Salt Life”. On her days off you will find her working in her flower gardens or at the beach. She loves her two pups, Maddie, a Frenchie, and the head of the house, Mr. Roo, their Chihuahua. Alicia is an advocate for Seniors and it is her mission to help as many people that she can.
Meet Your Advisors
Care Compass is intentionally personal. Your advisor stays close to the details from the first conversation through follow-up.