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[quote=Anonymous]I used to be a fan of the idea until I lived it first hand. It makes me think of the wedding industry and how many people profit from deluding these brides into spending a fortune. The different in quality of care and well being of all of us expected to be secondary caregivers was startling when we finally went with a memory care unit. I feel like the people who profited the most and screwed us the most were nursing care agencies. The case manager would tell horror stories about the level of care in a facility so you upped the care at home to 24-7-cha ching. People didn't show. One persons stole money. Another stole alcohol. Yes, there were good ones, but there was high turnover. Family are getting burned out filling in for those who don't show up while dealing with the stress of their own families and jobs and case manager makes you feel guilty for considering residential. The sanity of caregivers was not considered. Case Manager wanted to keep the money flowing. I now realize the case managers who seemed so wonderful having doctors who could show up at the house, nurses and aides they managed and PTs, etc were trying to keep the gravy train.

Residential has been a godsend. There are activities that keep our loved one much happier and more engaged than any at home caregiver. Falls are attended to just as quickly which means yes, sometimes it can be hours, other times right away. The staff is friendly. Our parent is safe and content.

The transition was awful and the guilt, partially induced by the supposedly helpful case managers was at times unbearable, but I now realize we were feeding a greedy industry. The horror stories were to keep us as customers. The difficult transition to memory care was worth it. The case managers we dealt with should be ashamed of themselves. I have no doubt some people have bad experiences at residential, but they went out their way to bash the places in the area where our loved one lived and their accounts were so different from the reality which was much better for everyone involved.[/quote]

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