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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People with Alzheimer’s don’t tend to get better regardless of their circumstances.[/quote]
This is not entirely accurate. While it is progressive and terminal, the right setting and sometimes medication can make a big difference in quality of life.

OP it's hard to advise without knowing more about your situation. Where is your LO now and how do they feel/behave? What resources are available? I am sorry you are in the Long Goodbye, it is such a difficult thing.[/quote]

OP here. She is at home with me and my family. I am her only child. She has some money saved, but not enough to last more than three years in MC. She is ok with us. She is docile and stays in her room. She can walk, yet slowly. Very, very confused, cannot carry on a conversation at all, zero reasoning skills, about 50% urinaty incontinent. I bathe her, bring her food (she can feed herself still). She still knows my name, but forgets my husband’s, but knows who he is to her.

I am just TIRED after taking care of her for 4+ years now. I worry though, that she might decline so quickly at a MC facility. I also looked at memory care home-type settings, and am considering that route, as it is cheaper, and doesn’t have all the bells and whistles of the bigger MC  facilities.

She stayed for a week in a MC institution last year, and was not pleased at all. I wonder if she would get used to one now. [/quote]

She'll get used to it.  Just visit a lot.  Use the money and then if she needs it she goes on long term care medicaid to pay for the nursing home.  Most of us have our breaking point.  You've done great but sometimes it time to get more help.[/quote]

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