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Noelle Ibarra

Noelle Ibarra spent six years coordinating move-ins at an assisted living community before she started writing about the search from the family's side of the table. She keeps a drawer of medical alert devices she's unboxed and tested at her own house, including a pendant she wore for a week to see how often she forgot to charge it.

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