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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agree to get a hold of the calendar for activities.  [b]Unfortunately there is a pretty steep drop in abilities from independent living to assisted.  The commercials showing old people doing fun social events is based on independent living.  Assisted is more like nursing homes with residents confined to beds or wheelchairs.  [/b]An option could be an independent living and then you pay for additional care, but that's going to get pricey and may not be a viable option for long. [/quote]

This (bolded) is exactly correct.

I'm sorry, OP, this is a sad but common story. People who skip over the independent living phase at these facilities and go straight to assisted living have a big shock, as do their families, because the activities available are not what they anticipated. Agree that you should ask the case managers and staff about what activities are available specifically for people in her care level.[/quote]

I also think it helps if you start in IL at a facility.  My parents are in IL (a CCRC), and they have friends who have gone to AL or nursing care or memory care.  Their spouses (if still able) often bring them back for activities and/or mealtimes if it's safe/manageable.  Or friends can go visit them in the AL/Nursing care/MC portion of the facility.  
However, my parents place does still have plenty of appropriate activities for AL/NC/MC, heck they even have a trained dog for the memory care portion that residents in IL can take out for walks/etc.  He lives in the MC facility and is well loved and very helpful for the residents to have that loving animal time.  [/quote]

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