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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes.  Dealing with this issue as well.  MIL took a series of falls recently and has lied about them.  She doesn't have any savings and has a limited fixed income.  No one seems to want to talk about making plans for her care except me.  So I guess we are going to wait for a crisis which will likely eliminate an ALF and skip right to nursing home care.  Employee Assistance Program is a great idea -- I think my husband has such a program through his work.  Maybe he will talk to them if he won't talk to his mother or me.[/quote]

Your only option is a nursing home.  We had to really push Adult Protective Services to get involved and help. I had to do all the work as my husband wasn't ready to accept his mom was bad off and I ended up being her full time caregiver and had reached my limit.   We got lucky and a nurse reached out to us and did some paperwork and recommended a nursing home who has been wonderful via medicaid.  If she is injured, take her to the hospital.  That is the easiest way to get into a nursing home.   Otherwise, go to the county and apply for long term care/medicaid (you can get the paperwork done in advanced but you cannot get pre approval) and then ask the county to get a nurse to give you a level of care.  Then take that to the nursing homes.  We only found one decent nursing home that would take my MIL.  It was a nightmare.  EAP may give advice but they aren't going to give you the support you need.  We only got a bit of help from APS.  If she has no savings, ALF will not take her.  There are some for lower income, but that is still several thousand a month.  If you get her from a hospitalization, medicare will pay for a limited amount of days then it will transfer to medicaid.[/quote]

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