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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Long story short: my father has advanced primary progressive aphasia and the big changes in routine around COVID-19 have completely undone him. Out of nowhere and for the last 14 days, he’s started wandering, become extremely aggressive/threatening (including pulling a knife on my mother), stopped eating most meals, etc. He started medication less than a week ago, but has become so aggressive to my mother that we had him hospitalized and now are trying to direct transfer him into a nice memory care facility. The problem is, because he showed signs of aggression while at the hospital, a lot of the facilities won’t take him until he’s had time for his medication to take effect/for his dosages to become more accurate. Net, can anyone recommend a nice memory care facility that also can handle behavioral/psychiatric issues? All the ones we got recommended either have terrible reviews with allegations of abuse or they look like regular assisted living communities, which is far below the level of care he needs for now. Thank you!![/quote]

Unfortunately, this is how my step-dad with Alzheimers ended up dying.  My mom called the police because my step-dad had trapped her in a room.  They forcibly took him to the hospital, and then the ER gave him so many powerful drugs that they caused his kidneys to fail.  After that, they said that keeping him on IV fluids to help his kidney was an extreme measure for someone with Alzheimers.  Ugh.[/quote]

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