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[quote=Anonymous]Assisted living will typically only visit 1-2 times per day for meds administration and limited assist with ADLs. Dementia advances progressively and soon the things you don’t think are an issue will become issues. She’ll forget how to brush her teeth and wipe herself after toileting. She’ll forget how to safely sit down on and get back up from the toilet. She’ll forget that where she is is home, and she’ll go wandering. You can do AL temporarily as a bridge to memory care, but only if you are prepared to have a supplementary caregiver visiting to fill the big gaps left by AL staff. Eventually that will be 24/7 caregivers and then it’s a numbers game whether that is more expensive than memory care.[/quote]
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