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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Leisure world doesn’t offer assisted living. It’s independent living.

Most assisted living places I’ve seen offer different levels of care, and [b]I am not worried about nursing home level of care at the moment. [/b]

They basically need a community of their peers plus meals and someone to notice if they fall, don’t eat, or decline.

Relatives aren’t local and nobody is equipped to provide such care since everyone works and nobody has a home with an extra bedroom, accessible bathroom, etc.

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Okay. But you can *become* very, very worried about it in a fraction of a second. At non-scalable places, one stroke or bad fall can mean you can't live there anymore, and you'll need to find another place very quickly and may not have a lot of choices, or any choices. Do you want to set your relative up for this kind of situation?

It's all too common for people to feel this way and you don't have to accommodate it if you don't think it's in your relative's best interest. Everyone wants to be somewhere that's "vibrant", but we can't all be the oldest person in our setting.[/quote]

The ones I’m looking at have nursing care and memory care. They get very pricey if you need round the clock nursing care, so I would either figure out bringing them home and paying for care or depleting their funds and transitioning to a Medicaid nursing home. Or staying put. It all depends on timing and funds.

Bottom line: it’s all very depressing. Nobody wants to live around frail people in wheel chairs. [/quote]

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