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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don't move him yet.
Hire a care manager to organize him and conduct visits 2-3/week to sort out issues. 
Much better situation to extend his independence.[/quote]

He is 90 and starting to have trouble with ADLs. If he can afford it and is willing, he'd be much better off getting set up in a situation that will be sustainable in the long term, which is to say IL at a CCRC, plus some regular health aides whose visits can be increased as needed.

That is, assuming he wants a soft landing and is willing to make some concessions to get it. A neighbor was determined to stay in her house as long as possible, and she did, but she spent her final months very unhappily at a for-profit nursing home where she knew no one and was pretty confused all the time. But for her, the tradeoff was worth it. Someone else might have preferred to get used to life in a CCRC and turning over life's paperwork to someone else so they could work their way into a new groove before their physical abilities and short-term memory meant needing some changes for more care.

Watching my parents and their friends and my friends' parents, I'm now planning to make the big changes sooner. [/quote]

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