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[quote=Anonymous][quote] Spoken like someone who hasn’t had a parent with ALZ or dementia. There is NO learning new things. It’s the slow withering of already acquired skills and trying to implement anything new that they themselves are responsible for will fail. 
The OP’s mom needs to be in memory care.[/quote]

My mom has mis stage Alzheimer’s. I think I could probably track her progression by noting when she stopped being able to use anything technological.  It started with the failure to learn to use a smartphone 3-4 years ago (I had hopes she could use Lyft etc). Then she stopped using her computer . Than the tv. Now she keeps turning off her answering machine by accident (there are only 2 buttons, one for on/off and one for play/erase). She also couldn’t remember how to make coffee.

Anyway op I’m also juggling my own family; health issues; complex job etc, and my one sibling is not involved beyond visiting 1-2x/year. Between assisted living and hiring someone to come in 3x/week she’s okay for now and can move to MC where she is if she needs to…Can your mom move up to assisted living where she is ? If not hire someone to stop by and do groceries etc a few times a week (and keep tabs on her for you) and plan move her soon to assisted living with memory care wing. [/quote]

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