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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If people posting here genuinely believe they want to stay in there home forever no matter what, I hope they don’t have children or other loved ones. If they truly have no connections, then that’s a fine way to go. But if anyone out there loves you, please do not do this to them. They will not in good conscience be able to simply ignore your situation. In our experience we have dealt with: wandering the neighborhood and elder services being called, rat infestation, multiple falls, total toileting fails, and constant confused phone calls. Do not do this to your children.[/quote]

This x100. With dementia in particular most people reach a point where they need 24 hour care.  That would have cost us $15,000 a month which was out of reach.  My mom was a wanderer and had  violent episodes in her last year of life. So she lived in an unsafe situation with my dad with hemp from family and a series of part time in 
 home caregivers but eventually we had to transition to memory care with some interventions from her doctor and a hospital social worker who finally convinced my father that was best for everyone’s safety [/quote]

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