Testimonials

I can’t recommend Catherine highly enough!  She is a tremendous resource and was an invaluable part of our search to find an appropriate living arrangement for my parents.  We had been having difficulty as a family figuring out how to discuss our needs in a thoughtful and productive way and I initially reached out to Catherine to help streamline our conversation and provide an unbiased opinion - she was thoughtful and kind and helped us narrow down our options quickly without making any of us feel uncomfortable.  She made it easier to discuss our financial considerations and gave very good guidance regarding the different senior living options in our area.  Once we had narrowed down the choices, Catherine was extremely helpful in setting up appointments and facilitating the ultimate move for my parents.  I would recommend her to any family who is looking for help deciding what senior living options are best for them.  Many thanks to Catherine! — Abby

Thank you for your professional advice and your dedication to helping people make a difficult transition for family members. The last two days with you have been enlightening, as well as efficient, while as pleasant as possible.  — J.C. 

You really are doing good work with families, assisting them with the challenging “finding placement” process.  There are so many details to navigate, and you really get to know individual families and their specific needs so well!  — A.R.

It is really overwhelming to navigate care options for family members, especially when there are so many factors to consider (health, financial and type of place). Catherine and her team provided essential support in a complicated situation. Having expert guidance can make all the difference in making informed decisions and alleviating some of that stress. Our family is grateful for all of the guidance we got from Next Next Advisors. — Sue

Catherine was an amazing resource and advocate for both my mom and my aunt — we are grateful for her partnership.  This was my first time navigating the world of senior living communities, and Catherine educated all of us.  She was with us every step of the way.  She knows the communities in the Philadelphia area.  She knows the questions to ask (ones I would have never known to ask).  She understands the cumbersome application processes.  From identifying communities that could be a good fit, to going along on the tours with us, to applications + paperwork... Catherine was by our side to support us every step of the way.  To have an expert in this world be our partner through it all gave us comfort and confidence.  We are forever grateful!  Thank you Catherine! — Jessica

My husband and I had several friends who had begun the process of moving to a CCRC and were encouraging us to do the same.  Partly because we really didn’t know where to start, we put it off.  As we neared eighty, we realized our large house had become a burden. 

We knew that Catherine founded Next Nest Advisors to help people like us.  She met with us to learn about our needs and wants, and she really listened to what we said.  Catherine provided us with insights about the various options saving us significant time and research.  Catherine then introduced us to the staff at the communities of most interest so we could immediately begin our due diligence, one of which had not been on our radar because we thought it was too far away from our home. 

Given Catherine’s recommendation, we decided to look at that one, and we liked what we saw.  We were able to meet with current residents including some thanks to Catherine’s introduction, and everyone was enthusiastic.  Ultimately, that was the community we chose.  While the move was difficult, we know that we made the right choice and are looking forward to a wonderful life here.   

As part of the process, Catherine also introduced us to a wonderful downsizer/move manager and an accomplished realtor.  Both professionals were invaluable as we faced the emotional process of downsizing our home of 45 years. 

Even if you don’t think that you are ready to move to a CCRC, start the process now.  Many have long waitlists, and your circumstances can change.  As several residents have told us, you are giving a gift to you children – peace of mind.  We highly recommend engaging Catherine to help navigate the complexities involved in choosing among the CCRCs in our area.  — N.F.

Catherine rearranged her schedule to attend a meeting with my family on a Sunday evening. She listened carefully and made an effort to understand our parents' specific needs. Her knowledge about continuing care communities helped us better understand what we had researched on our own. She independently thought of an important way to support our parents that had a very positive impact. She provided expert information that saved us time and energy in finding the right home for our parents. She was consistently encouraging and supportive during a challenging time. — N.M.

I would like to say how pleased we were with your presentation yesterday!  Thank you for sharing your wisdom with our clients.  We appreciate your knowledge and enthusiasm, you are clearly passionate about what you do!  We won't hesitate to refer our clients to you who are considering these types of transitions for themselves or their loved ones. With Gratitude, A Leading Wealth Management Advisor

Just wanted to give you a shout out for such a well-done presentation.  You shared a lot of information in a concise and “user friendly” format.  You were warm and engaging.  Brava! — G.F. 

Catherine was very responsive when I needed help understanding senior living options in Florida for my mother. This was my first experience with navigating and evaluating possible living arrangements. Catherine very quickly supplied me with requisite background information, allowing our family to make both a timely and considered plan for my mom’s move from her own townhouse to an independent living facility. Even though my mom lives in northern Florida, from afar Catherine was able to quickly narrow the list to the best options and equipped me to effectively evaluate them in person when I visited my mom. Once we determined the best community, Catherine reviewed the contract, alerting me of unusual provisions and points I should challenge. Lastly, Catherine built a financial model to help us gain insight into the cost of this decision and how expenses might increase over the long-term. As a result of Catherine’s knowledge and insights, our family (including and especially mom!) is confident we made the most informed decision we could, and we are all looking forward to moving mom into her new apartment. — B.B.

Catherine Twitmyer is an informed, thoughtful, and resourceful collaborator who made our search for an appropriate senior living facility so much more manageable than it would have been had we tried to navigate this process on our own. She listened closely to our list of priorities and provided us with an individualized list of possibilities that she thought might fit our needs. Additionally, she was always available to answer any of our questions as we examined our options—and gave us honest feedback about each facility’s strengths and weaknesses. She was an invaluable partner and trusted advisor. — M.T.

Catherine is a caring, trusted advisor and resource. While our family navigated the unfamiliar landscape of continuous care communities, Catherine's knowledge, contacts, and recommendations resulted in a number of quality options for us to consider. In the end, we found the right place for our family. I'd recommend Next Nest Advisors to anyone seeking advice and guidance on independent living and long-term care. — Brian

I recently contacted Catherine Twitmyer because my 85-year-old mother needed an immediate placement following hospitalization. Not only was I having to consider options that I knew nothing about, but had to do so long distance. Catherine gave me website assistance for communities I was considering. She helped me navigate finding documentation on the facilities including their positives and negatives. I learned that Catherine has abundant and expert industry knowledge, not just in the Philadelphia area but an overall understanding of the needs of this population. 

Catherine responded immediately to my questions and was a great resource for me. Her availability and gentle presence have been reassuring and time-saving for me.  — Tricia

Catherine is a remarkable woman. She has an incredible network of resources that she has generously shared with me on two occasions when my family was dealing with transitions related to my father. I am grateful to have connected with her, and trust her deep expertise in identifying an ideal living setting matched to specific needs. — R.S.

Catherine was a great comfort during a stressful time as we faced the hurdles of my stepfather entering memory care...is the time right? How does this work? What are the rules? And most importantly, what's the right place? It's so worth it to have an advocate to help navigate the process. Thanks to Catherine we are at peace with our decisions and have moved comfortably into this next phase. Glad to know she's there when we will need her next. — Greg

What makes Next Nest Advisors and Catherine so invaluable is she really gets to know her clients’ needs and wants and considers them when suggesting the right options. There are many communities available, but it is complicated because each one is so different with different offerings. Having her guidance makes it less overwhelming and scary. For us, she has been the perfect partner in navigating the many options. — Sue

Catherine with Next Nest Advisors was a godsend. Navigating senior living options for a parent can be daunting. Finding an option that meets their needs and financial situation is challenging and emotionally exhausting. Catherine is both empathetic and pragmatic and made the process very efficient by curating a short list that met our needs and price. I would highly recommend using her service. I know my mom will be very well cared for at her new residence. Hiring Next Nest Advisors is a modest expense for one of the hardest decisions adult children will face. — Cara

Next Nest Advisors has been an invaluable resource to our entire family during our extensive search for a community for our mother. Catherine is extremely knowledgeable of the process/communities and struck a perfect balance of listening to our needs/thoughts and providing advice/recommendations while keeping the process focused and forward moving. Thank you Next Nest Advisors! — Mark

Catherine’s commitment to understanding her client’s unique hopes & needs combined with her thoughtful approach to connecting them with the Right resources to enhance their lives is what makes Next Nest Advisors an exceptional senior consulting partner. She takes the time to get to know her clients and supports them every step of the way. From a community perspective, we appreciate this level of professionalism and commitment and are grateful for each new resident she has thoughtfully introduced to our community. — Karen

Catherine helped my family and I so much through what is a scary process with lots of unknowns. She is incredibly knowledgeable and brings a human side to what is a very emotional decision. We are so grateful for the work Catherine did to place our father in assisted living. — S.B.

Catherine saved us countless hours of research and provided us with information we could not otherwise know to recommend the best retirement community for my parents. Because she identified the best fit after attentively listening to their various (and sometimes conflicting) preferences and needs, we could focus our efforts on helping them embrace and plan for the transition. — Amy

There were multiple advantages to Catherine’s involvement with finding a new HOME for our parents. With humor, compassion, and candor Catherine kept the 5 of us on task allowing us to progress past the “talking phase” to the “action phase.” With finesse, she navigated us past obstacles which previously had created family conflict, because she created an environment where everyone felt valued and heard. — Maria

Shortly after my 88-year-old mother’s husband died, our family came to two key realizations: 1) our mother should relocate from her home in Oklahoma to be near us in PA, and 2) we had zero knowledge of the senior living market around us, except that there are many different options and wait times for availability can be very long. So we had no time to waste. 

Catherine was immediately and enormously helpful to us in selectively targeting those senior living options best suited to mom’s specific circumstances. She made the time and effort to form an accurate understanding of mom’s needs and personality and began to zero in on the best few options for us to explore. We toured Catherine’s top recommendation a few days later and loved it. Not only is this community quite near our home, but we are also convinced it will be a much better fit for mom’s daily interests and capabilities than is her current senior living situation…and it’s less expensive! 

Catherine steered us to the right few places and provided key decision-making insights that no amount of online search and facility tours would have revealed to us. She saved us an enormous amount of time and stress. And mom will move into her new home when it is completed in just three short months!  — H.D.

After years of discussing moving Mom and Dad to a retirement community, we finally started the process Spring 2022.  With the family being spread across the country, this made the process even more difficult.

Where to start, what questions to ask, when to start the move and how to handle with love and respect?!

Enter in Catherine with Next Nest Advisors.

Catherine researched communities in each of our areas (Seattle, Colorado, Philly and North Carolina) and quickly narrowed down the best communities to tour.  Catherine provided us with questions to ask at the communities and what to look for that screams volumes about the community.  Catherine also helped us “take the emotions out” of our discussions but always respecting our opinions.  Catherine quickly earned the title of “4th Daughter” with her genuine focus on what was best for our parents and family. 

If your family is getting ready to start the process of moving a loved one to their “Next Nest”, start it with Catherine at Next Nest Advisors.  With her guidance, we found the perfect community for our parents in just 6 short weeks!! - Jennifer

I was introduced to Catherine by a friend’s daughter. From my first phone call to her on a Saturday, Catherine was always responsive with good insights. While I had done a lot of research on my own, Catherine was helpful in evaluating community options from the financial perspective and getting answers to questions I was afraid to ask, ultimately helping me to reach my final decision. She also introduced me to residents in various communities who provided additional insights as I was processing this decision. Even after we had completed our work together, Catherine has continued to check in with me after the move. She is a kind and compassionate person who helped make a difficult decision a little easier and even treated me to a bakery treat when I forgot my pocketbook on a nice walk. -Eileen

We were introduced to Catherine after a year of searching for the right place for my Mom who was tired of living alone and taking care of her own home. We had spent countless hours visiting locations and researching the different senior living payment models. We engaged Catherine as an expert opinion to double check the work we had already done and help us make a final decision on a community. If we had met her sooner, we could have saved a years worth of work! She was a kind and helpful reassurance to my Mom, able to confirm some of our findings and offer new things to consider. One conversation led us to save a substantial sum of money on a refundable contract. Her resident contacts at one of the communities my Mom was considering allowed us to feel more confident in our selection. - Dave

My mother would not be where she is now if it wasn’t for Catherine.  Her knowledge and expertise were instrumental in helping us find my mother’s new home and now mom couldn’t be happier.  Catherine was not only helpful, but kind and compassionate as well throughout the process.  We not only appreciated all the time she took providing us with detailed information and comparisons, but also the time she took to tour all the places with us, some of them multiple times.  -Larry

We were relocating from FL to PA and didn't have the time or the resources to find a suitable community for our senior family member who was making the move with us. We had done some preliminary research and knew which facilities were on our "top 5" list but with 2 homes to sell, packing, and a 2 month timeframe, it just wasn't possible to tour them personally or dig deep into the financial aspects to decide which would be the best fit.

Thankfully someone who knew Catherine referred us. We scheduled our first of many "zoom" calls and Catherine got the ball rolling. We really liked the fact that Catherine was not getting paid by any of the communities. Hiring her directly meant that she was truly working on our behalf and in our best interest! That gave us peace of mind.

Catherine is a consummate professional. She is a great listener, has wonderful recommendations, is an outstanding collaborator, and goes the extra mile to make sure that your needs are being met. Our senior family member is so happy with her community and life here. We cannot say enough about Catherine. If you need an advocate for your loved one who will help you understand the complexities of senior living options, do yourselves a favor and hire Catherine Twitmyer. You will be so glad you did! -Paula

HIGH praise for Catherine and her amazingly helpful (and calm-inducing) help! My mom (Pam) has been for some time in over her head attempting to care for her 89-year-old husband (with many physical and medical complications). In one meeting with Catherine (the consummate and patient professional), Pam received a packet of information including charts and other clarifying details demystifying the world of elder care and living arrangements. Pam (and our family) is immensely appreciative for the guidance and support, and left our meeting much more informed and clear as to available options, and more confidence and peace of mind than ever. Thank you, Next Nest! -Carrie

Catherine is extremely knowledgeable about all the different senior living communities available as she assisted her family members choose theirs. I appreciated Catherine’s kindness, understanding, time, knowledge & research. I was thankful she went with me to visit various communities during a lonely, stressful & emotional time. - Katie

Catherine has been an invaluable resource for several members of my family. Her knowledge and dedication to this specific area of elder care has been a tremendous asset and I would highly recommend her. -Steve

Catherine, Your visit was very enjoyable, it was also uplifting. Thanks for being our shepherd. You are always welcome. — Dave

I was honored to be invited to Carl’s 90th birthday celebration. I treasure the relationships I build with my clients and love celebrating their important milestones. Happiest birthday, dear Carl!