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[quote=Anonymous]My dad was diagnosed at a relatively early stage but lost his license automatically with the diagnosis so we had to act. First hired drivers, then found a continuing care retirement community and persuaded him to move. By the time that happened, he was already declining more; he loved the place but within a year we had to hire aides to help him find his way from the restaurants back to his apartment, and eventually help him shower and dress etc. We were trying to figure out when/how to move to memory care (same facility) when he had a medical issue that resulted in a 6week hospitalization & significant loss of physical/mental capabilities. So from there he moved to the memory care unit and eventually to the skilled nursing floor.

Fwiw I strongly strongly advise finding a place that has both memory care and skilled nursing -- even if you don't make the move yet. It's so hard to think/research/evaluate places when you're in a crisis. And so much easier if you find one place that can handle the whole progression of the disease. [/quote]

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