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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We just placed my parent in assisted living. We were all in denial about Alzheimer's even though that was the diagnosis. 
We waited for over a year to place DP. Parentwas living independently and daytime was fine but nights were awful, and we could not stay over.
Luckily, I was searching for a place for DP for over a year. 
I am not POA but was always very involved with DPs care. Because no one else was able to search and I had elderly care experience, siblings were agreeable. That is not to say for one minute that there is not constant squabbling.
One sibling lives over a 1,000 miles away and is unable to help. Another thinks there is a huge conspiracy and my parent is fine/lucid whenever they are w DP. Yet another is worried about spending. 
You have to be involved and stay involved.
It is extremely difficult and I am exhausted from all the mediating.[/quote]

I though that assisted living is unable to manage the care of those with dementia/Alzheimer's?[/quote]

My mom has dementia and she has done well in just Assisted Living for the past three years.  Soon, she will need to step up to more intense nursing care, but for now the structure and predictability of assisted living, with the comforts of her own furniture and her own surroundings, has been great for her mind. [/quote]

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