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[quote=Anonymous]We used an elder care consultant, found through an attorney we hired to have our Alzheimer's father declared incompetent (yes, that was a lot of fun!). She was fantastic and worth every penny we spent on her. She had great rapport with our father, understood how he saw the world, and figured out how to get him agree to move to a nursing home when it was clear he could no longer care for himself at home. And later she visited him every week at the nursing home and advocated for him, checking his medications and medical care, asking questions and making sure he was cared for properly. I'd just had a baby at the time and was not allowed to bring my baby to the nursing home, plus I was nursing and caring for two other children, so she was a godsend. We were not long distance, however, but if we had been, it would have been OK because this woman was a family stand-in, and eased my mind so much when I could not make it to the nursing home.  My father had very little money, but he had a house, which we sold and used the money to pay for the nursing home and elder care consultant. It was all money well spent, though. Before we took him to court, he'd fallen at home and broke his ankle, lying at the bottom of the stairs for about 12 hours before someone came to check on him. We were out of state at the time. I could not bear to have that happen again, so I'm very glad we were able to move him to the nursing home where I knew he was getting proper care. [/quote]

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