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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]take her to https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/contact/ProgramDetail.aspx?agId=100528 for a few days and see how it goes

they will have suggestions.  There are more locations in the county.

It is just going to get worse as she ages.

Your husband must be a gem to put up with this.[/quote]

This is a great resource. We live in DC so I have not been looking at VA but I should.

About it getting worse as she ages - right now I she will be mad at me for suggesting that she needs an evaluation. And I don't know of anyone who doesn't love with her can tell that something is wrong. It's the forgetfulness, repeating things and quirky/bad/weird judgment that I am noticing. See, she is really smart, actually - very well educated and had a great career at her prime. As she ages, don't you think she will get lmore cooperative and willing to be treated bc she will have a sense that something is wrong? I grew up far away from my grandma and bc my parents were older, the other grandparents died before I was born, so I really don't know much about the aging in an intimate sense - forgive me. 
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Adult day cares are $75-100 a day.  There are county grants but you have to live in the county.  VA is not going to help a DC resident.  You need to look at the resources in DC.  The adult day cares are for those much worse than your mom.  We had that problem with my MIL - it was terrible.  We tried it and they barely had activities and the people just sat.  To put it nicely, the nursing home is much better.

John Hopkins has a dementia/memory care office that takes medicare.  They didn't tell us anything we didn't know but they are supposed to be the go to people.  You may want to get her an assessment.  http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/psychiatry/specialty_areas/memory_center/[/quote]

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