Randy advises Utah families on senior living placement across all five counties served by the team, drawing on twelve years of experience and three professional credentials (CSA, CPRS, MBA).
- 12+ years experience
- English
About Randy Chipman, MBA, CSA, CPRS
Randy Chipman covers senior living placement across the full state of Utah, tracking community changes, license transitions, and price floors from St. George to Logan rather than working only one county.
Three professional credentials sit behind his recommendations. The Certified Senior Advisor (CSA) credential covers ethics, family-decision counseling, and best practices for matching residents to the right care level. The Certified Patient and Family Relations Specialist (CPRS) credential focuses on the communication patterns families work through during care transitions, including moments when family members disagree on the next step or when the resident's voice gets lost in the search. A Master of Business Administration grounds the operational side of the work, including the financial conversations families have to walk through.
Twelve years of placement experience inform Randy's approach. He has watched community ownership changes, regulatory shifts, and pricing cycles across multiple market eras, and his recommendations factor in that long view. Families bringing complex situations find that Randy has usually walked another family through a similar decision recently. The scenarios include hospital discharges with tight timelines, dementia placements where care needs are still being clarified, and second-marriage couples needing different care types under one roof.
Randy helps with assisted living, independent living, memory care, and skilled nursing across Utah. The service is free with no obligation.
How Randy helps families
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First call
A 15–30 minute conversation about your situation, timeline, and budget. Randy listens first, then suggests a starting direction. No commitment.
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Assessment
Together you review care needs, financial fit, location, and family preferences. Randy narrows the Utah directory down to a shortlist of 3–4 communities that match.
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Tours
Randy arranges and accompanies you to tours, asks the right questions on your behalf, and shares notes after each visit so you can compare cleanly.
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Move-in support
When you choose a community, Randy coordinates paperwork, communicates with the property, and stays available through the transition and the first few weeks after.
Specializations
- Assisted Living
Daily help with bathing, dressing, medication, and meals while maintaining independence.
- Memory Care
Secure community designed for residents with Alzheimer’s or dementia, with specialized staff.
- Independent Living
Active retirement living with amenities, social activities, and optional dining and housekeeping.
- Skilled Care
24-hour medical care from licensed nurses for complex health needs and recovery.
Credentials
CSA— Certified Senior Advisor
Society of Certified Senior Advisors designation for professionals who work with older adults.
CDP— Certified Dementia Practitioner
National Council of Certified Dementia Practitioners certification for dementia and Alzheimer's care.
NPRA— National Placement and Referral Alliance
Member of the National Placement and Referral Alliance
Communities Randy Can Help With
South Jordan View
South Jordan, UT
Starting at $3722/mo
BeeHive Homes of Richfield #2
Richfield, UT
Starting at $2980/mo
BeeHive Homes of Richfield #1
Richfield, UT
Starting at $3300/mo
BeeHive Homes of Vernal
Vernal, UT
Starting at $3200/mo
Reviews of Randy Chipman, MBA, CSA, CPRS
- Denise W. 1 months ago
Very helpful and accommodating. I would have had no idea which assisted living locations had a vacancy and took the Medicaid program my mom needed, but they knew right away. They were available to come with me to look at each site and coordinated a discount on the move in fee. Highly recommend!
- Skyler S. 1 months ago
Care Patrol Utah is such an amazing resource for seniors who are evaluating their senior living options. As a free service to the senior, it’s a total no-brainer! Randy and his team are compassionate, awesome people who will get you connected with the right senior living setting whether it be independent living, memory care, assisted living, etc. Highly recommend!
- Melanie M. 1 months ago
I don’t know what I would have done without CarePatrol!!! I’m so grateful that an organization like this exists to help families in times of need!!! We didn’t have a lot of notice when my dad needed to go from the hospital to assisted living. It was an overwhelming time for us and CarePatrol stepped in and coordinated with the assisted living center and the hospital with amazing kindness, swiftness, and support!!!! We love the facility and there’s no way I could’ve coordinated all the necessary details so quickly on my own!!! We’re so grateful for the support and help CarePatrol gave us!!! Literal lifesavers!!
- Hope J. 1 months ago
Wonderful service provided to the community by the well informed and helpful indiviuals at Care Patrol. I have had the pleasure to get to know Kelly Angam who is so kind and authentic! I highly reccomend reaching out to her to help find the best senior living community for your loved ones!
- Merrilee M. 1 months ago
I have known Kelly for a few years now and know her to be a kind, sensitive and warm woman. She cares deeply for her clients and looks out for them, always putting the best interests of the family first. I highly recommend working with Kelly.
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Frequently asked questions
How long does the senior living placement process take?
Most placements run between one and six weeks from first call to move-in. Hospital discharges compress that to forty-eight or seventy-two hours. The sequence usually runs first call, care assessment, shortlist, tours, comparison conversation, deposit, and move-in coordination. Across his Utah territory, Randy can flex the pace to match the situation: families researching ahead of a planned move work over weeks, while families navigating an unexpected hospital transition work in hours.
What does a senior living advisor do?
Randy walks Utah families through every step of senior living placement. The work covers comparing communities, scheduling and accompanying tours, untangling pricing and what's actually included in monthly fees, coordinating with the chosen community on paperwork, and staying involved through the first weeks after move-in. The CSA and CPRS credentials behind his approach mean the family-decision conversation gets the same care as the community shortlist.
How quickly will I hear back?
Randy returns calls and emails the same business day. After-hours messages go out the next morning. For urgent timelines, hospital discharges in particular, he can usually meet a 48-hour shortlist turnaround across his Utah territory.
What if I don't live in Utah but my parent does?
Out-of-state coordination is a regular pattern. Randy works fully by phone, email, and video, including walking through tours with whichever family member can be present locally. Decision conversations include everyone the family wants involved. His Utah-wide territory means he can coordinate placement regardless of which county the parent lives in.
Do you help with Medicaid?
Yes. Medicaid placement is a regular part of the work across all five counties. Randy tracks which communities accept Medicaid for new admissions versus only existing residents, and the timing matters because Medicaid bed availability moves week to week. He can walk through eligibility, the typical timeline from application to bed, and which communities are likely to have current openings.
What care types do you help place?
Randy helps with assisted living, independent living, memory care, and skilled nursing across Utah. He is comfortable with the in-between situations where a resident's care needs do not sit cleanly inside one license category. Twelve years of placement experience and the CSA credential support clear conversations about which license actually covers the care needed.
Free tools
Before you call
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