How would you go about finding a senior home to live in?

I am at the point of considering moving into a senior community, or a board and care home for seniors. I have had a lot of trouble trying to find a place that has what I want and that I can afford.

Last year, I made the mistake of handing the job of finding a good senior home over to my niece. She handed my name over to an agency..
...and the hard sell sales calls flooded my phone from 8 in the morning to 8 at night. I couldn't even take a nap, and I was ill and needed my rest. It negatively impacted my health. They all wanted to sell me stuff (senior homes I did not want to live in, had already checked them out) I did not want and nothing I said could get them off the phone. I'd hang up on them and they'd call me right back. I was in tears. Eventually, after threatening this agency with my attorney, they took me off the list. I still shudder when I think of all those fast talking telemarketers endlessly phoning me, not listening to one word I said, and determined to take full advantage of my age and infirmities.

What I think I may need is some sort of private social worker...but the one I checked out wants $150 an hour!