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[quote=Anonymous]Op, I am sorry you are going through this. My mom is in earlier stages, but moved to assisted living so when the time comes it wont be as much of a transition. However, it is expensive (about 8k/mo for assisted living with some services like medication management, etc).

In your case I would do two things. First, look into some part time caregivers, through an agency or otherwise. What you want to is to get mom used to someone or a few people  (and vice versa) so you can have backup help, additional help and take a vacation. Try to stretch dollars and still keep your sanity by using pt caregivers.

Second, start looking into memory care. she may not need it asap, but things can change fast. A fall, an illness, lots of things can cause a sudden decline or a change in her needs (no longer able to toilet herself, etc). You dont want to be scrambling during a crisis. If you can avoid it by hiring pt caregivers and still give yourself a break, I'd do that until things become too difficult (agitation, aggression or needs 24/7).

as for how long, its so hard to say. My MIL (who does not have dementia) moved into assisted living at 88 after her 3rd bad fall, broke femur, had hospital delirum, is wheelchair bound, had mild COPD (lifelong smoker who quite at 85)...we thought she'd only last a year or two more....she's still going strong 5 years later. there's no predicting but if you look into memory cares, look into finances. [/quote]

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