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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP.  Another post reminded me.  In independent living, you had to pay someone if you needed someone to check on you.  My mom was paying about $30 a day for a check-in who dropped in to make sure meds were taken and my grandma could get up and walk.  Sometimes she had arthritic troubles getting out of her chair during the last year of her life.

My mom visited about 4-5 days a week so this person was an extra daily contact.[/quote]

Well yes because the definition of [b]independent living[/b] is that you don't need any extra outside help on a daily basis.  If you need someone to ensure you take your meds, you must pay for that (if the facility themselves will even provide it---many require you to go to assisted living for that).  
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Then what makes it different from just a plain 'ol apartment?[/quote]

My mom lives in an independent /assisted living place. I visited her today and in the lobby area there was a small live music performance, in the library a group of women were playing cards together, waiting by the elevator an elderly man was hitting on an elderly woman (Single men are way outnumbered!), and on her floor in the lounge area women were playing some game with tiles at a table. The elevator also listed the activities that day and there was group exercise, art class, hearing aid check, etc. The meals are eaten in a restaurant like setting with others. There were nurses aids going around to apartments passing out medicine.

It is like a college dorm for old people. So what makes it different is the social aspect. [/quote]

That plus availability for meals--my parents get approximately 1-1.5 meals a day in their fees.  They eat dinner daily at the restaurant.  Nor ally have enough leftovers for lunch the next day.  One parent eats breakfast in the apartment and the other typically has enough to grab breakfast 4-5 days per week in the restaurant

No concerns they are not eating well[/quote]

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