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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because they know once you put them in there you’ll never come get them out. Would you want to live in a hospital in your dying days, kids coming to visit once a week if you’re lucky. Never knowing which staff are good or bad, having absolutely zero control over a life you once had complete control over?

I’d find her a more suitable arrangement.[/quote] That's not what assisted living is. you're confusing it with a nursing home. Assisted living is independent living with asisstance--assistance if you pull the cord and need help in the shower, assistance with meal prep (they have a dining room), assistance with appointment transportation, assistance with laundry that sort of thing. My mom's place has a kitchenette with a fridge and microwave and cabinets for dishes and food and stuff. No cooktop though. My mom was in an independent living place and kept falling. I toured AL places and she didn't want to go. She continued to keep falling and my brother finally said you're going to die on the floor because you keep falling. One of these days you'll fall when I'm at work for 12 hours and no one will be around to get you off the floor. It's time. She agreed to take a tour of the place I liked best. I think for her it was the cost. She wanted to leave us some money, but we all said not to worry about that. At the end of the tour, I said ultimately it's your choice--you can die on the floor of your independent living place because no one was around to get you up and they don't check on anyone, or you can come here where there are people who will check in on your periodically. You choose. She chose to move.[/quote]

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