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[quote=Anonymous]OP here.  I appreciate all the responses.  The range of recommendations underscores to me that there is not one clear answer, one solution to the situation. So many variables in each family's situation.

Thank you for the recommendations.  Things I have already done: 
--had a senior care home safety expert assess their home and make recommendations on accommodations to make for safety.
--hired a senior care consultant, who has been helpful in coordinating their medical care , and have home-visiting nurse practitioner come and do basic things at the house, like check blood pressure, give them a covid shot, etc. 
--dementia assessment by the nurse practitioner. 
--consultant has done the legwork with my POA (power of attorney) and contacted the various doctors so we could get a full set of records and medications from all the specialists.  
--toured a continuing care facility.  filled out an application using my POA to get them financially pre-qualified.  Learned that if/when one of them ends up hospitalized, after they are out of danger and ready for sub-acute care, they could do that care at the CC facility.
--met with a home care agency to learn about services and costs. 
--got my parents to get grocery delivery 
--convince parent to wear hearing aids
--begin activating LTC policy
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