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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Based on my experience with an alcoholic relative, the assisted living may permit her to continue drinking while badgering you (or whichever younger relative is the health proxy) to get her to stop drinking.  Also I'm not sure they will accept her as a resident if they become aware of the severity of her alcoholism when you apply for admission (my relative was in independent living and then moved to assisted living after a fall - I don't think that her alcoholism was apparent when she applied for independent living).

I'm really sorry that you and your family are dealing with this.  It's so hard, but at the end of the day you have to remember that it is impossible to make another person stop drinking or abusing drugs.  [/quote]

Thanks, that is the scenario I am anticipating. Assisted living does not keep people from having deliveries and many have active social scenes that involve drinking. One relative is convinced that they will monitor it but they are not a rehab. [/quote]

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