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[quote=Anonymous]My mom is stage 5/6 vascular dementia and is in assisted living.  I should call it “assisted” living.  It’s a highly rated, very expensive community but they don’t have a dedicated case manager to really figure out the needs of the residents, so it’s up to the residents to ask for help.  There’s a lot of “not my job” responses to ask for assistance (with things like remote controls, thermostats and opening a can).  My mom is safe there but not the happiest.

I’m not thrilled with it but the memory care places I toured, and that she’ll need eventually, are full of people more advanced than she is.  So I think in her case I’m going to keep her where she is until memory care is absolutely necessary.  Memory care is a scary place.

I’m also beginning to suspect that the ratings for many of these places are employees.

I don’t know the answer, I wish you got what you paid for in elder care.  The one on one with the home health aide may be better than the socialization with her peers, as her care definitely won’t be as personal. [/quote]

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