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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If I couldn't convince them to move, I'd focus on this:

" Their home is such that they could convert to one-floor living with some rearranging, but they are not doing that. the railings on each set of stairs are old and not weight bearing, but they didn't want to install the grab-bar style railing because it was too expensive."

I would pay for and arrange all of that.[/quote]

Keep in mind it's expensive to elder-proof a home and then if you suddenly have to move them and need to income from the house, you have most likely lowered the value of the home. Also, you know how cat urine lingers in a home....that's not the only urine. And, if your parent has some gruesome death aging at home, don't be surprised if a loose lipped neighbor shares the story and it scares people off.

Someone mentioned blocking off the steps. There is a lot of blocking and sometimes even locking that can along with dementia over time and I can tell you they often think you are trying to imprison them. At least at Memory care, they are locked in with peers and while you may find it scary, the routines, gardens, peers, can be quite comforting to them once they adjust.

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