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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi OP,

Assisted living residents have not been treated well during Covid.  They have been treated like they are inmates and are lock down.

Most assisted livings right now drop off the food in the morning for the day and send one caregiver in the morning to help everyone get dressed. They are not allowed to socialize with anyone in their dorm under Covid.  The only person they are seeing is the CNA in the morning to help with dressing.

I'd consider lease an apartment close to the assisted living if she has a lot of friends there.  Hire outside CNA.  Minimum hire is 4 hours in morning to get dressed. You may not need more than that. Have her uber back over to assisted living to visit with her friends after lockdown is lifted. She can pay cash for any meals she takes at the dining hall. Meals run around $8.00 or $10.00 or sometimes free if it is the end of the month and her friend has money on her account to share.

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An elderly woman who has osteoporosis and falls regularly, needs help with showering, meal prep and transportation to/from medical appts is not going to be visiting her friends over at the luxurious assisted living facility especially since the facility is not even accepting visitors right now.  So if she moves into a nearby apartment building don't kid yourself that she would still be able to see her friends.  Not true.

She would be alone in an apartment with an aid showing up to assist her in the morning (probably).  If the aid doesn't show, you might not even find out about it.  The whole thing is gut wrenching.

Even trying to find a clean, well run, less expensive and less high end assisted living facility right now would be a nightmare because you can't tour them.  I wish I had a good solution for Op but I really do not.

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