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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My father died about 2 months ago.   He had been living in an assisted living facility for about 2.5 years before his death. 
Prior to that, he and my mom were living in just a regular apartment (not for senior citizens or anything) with a hired team of round the clock care givers for my mom, who was in the final stages of dementia.  In the last few months at that apartment, his health also declined and he hired a caregiver for himself.
When my  mom died, he moved into the assisted living facility.
I am SO glad he did.
He was active in many of the clubs and activities there.   He made new friends-something he would not have done if he had just stayed in the apartment with a caregiver.[/quote]
Thank you for sharing your experience. My mom lives in just a regular apartment. She wanted to go with the in-home health aids visiting daily - but without some of their 24 hours a day, it wouldn’t help when she falls in the evening. I also know that would be a lot of work for me, and I’m the only child nearby. My siblings live in another state, and all their children are grown. So even though she will be in a facility, they have more bandwidth to visit her. Plus there’s more of them.
Currently, she just lays in bed all day watching TV. I am hoping at the independent living facility she will become engaged with the activities. She says she doesn’t want to do any of them, so I can only hope that she does.[/quote]

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