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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Moving to a good care facility is often good because of the socializing. If you are worried about how much attention she gets, hire additional help 1-2 a week to come in and bathe, change sheets, and do some laundry. [/quote] This is true. My grandmother lived on her own until she was 99. She was healthy, but slow. My Dad went by her apartment just about daily to bring her things and take her on errands, but she was very self sufficient. Then, when she wasn't, my Dad moved her into his house. That was a disaster. My grandmother was critical and upset at her routines being messed up and she needed help and was pretty surly about it. So he moved her to a nearby Sunrise a few months later. She immediately perked up because she had to interact with more people daily. She was still pretty surly, but it worked well. She died a few months after turning 100, while she slept, which was exactly what she wanted. It was a good ending.[/quote]
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