The Mildred directory
How results are ordered
The same rules apply to every provider and every search. Nobody can pay to move up inside a group.
1. Mildred network members are listed first and marked. Members keep their own profile current: open beds, prices and photos. Membership decides only which group a provider appears in, never its place inside that group.
2. Inside each group, “Best match” orders by:
- What you asked for. Care type, care offered, payment, setting and language narrow the list; the words left over are matched against names, and a name match comes first.
- Distance from your ZIP, city or location, when you give one.
- Fresh profile: among providers at the same distance, a member whose profile sections (availability, pricing, staffing, resident mix, payers, care needs) are complete and were confirmed within the last 30 days appears before one that is not. This is self-reported by the provider; we do not grade the answers.
- Ties are shuffled once a day (by the Arizona date), so no provider is always first because of its name. Results are never in A-to-Z order unless you choose to sort by name.
3. What never changes the order
- Payment to Mildred, or which agency someone works with.
- Star ratings or reviews. Google reviews appear on a member’s page, read live; Mildred does not store or rank by them.
- Inspection results. They are public facts on each profile, to read, never a score.
- Clicks or popularity.
4. One kind of provider at a time
A search for a care type lists only that type, so a placement agency never tops an assisted living search. “All care” lists assisted living first, then placement professionals, each with its members first.
You can also sort by Nearest, Recently updated, Lowest starting price or Name. Last changed: October 30, 2026.