Anonymous
08/20/2023 10:07
Subject: Memory Care Demanding Sitters
My advice:
When screening make a list of questions from this blog: https://www.lewybodydementia.ca/dementia-care-facility-choice-avoid-mistakes/
Try to talk to the clinical manager there who has hands on experience with the residents NOT just the admissions person.
Also I would plan for ALL stages. Had another relative kicked out of a Sunrise because she was too disruptive for the assisted living but too competent for the memory care. I was too focused on activities and moving the relative to a place that was pretty that she would want to move to but I should have been more focused on how the facility deals with aggression, agitation, sun downing, falls, hydration, weight loss, medical appointments, skilled nursing, dental, PT/OT, etc.
When screening make a list of questions from this blog: https://www.lewybodydementia.ca/dementia-care-facility-choice-avoid-mistakes/
Try to talk to the clinical manager there who has hands on experience with the residents NOT just the admissions person.
Also I would plan for ALL stages. Had another relative kicked out of a Sunrise because she was too disruptive for the assisted living but too competent for the memory care. I was too focused on activities and moving the relative to a place that was pretty that she would want to move to but I should have been more focused on how the facility deals with aggression, agitation, sun downing, falls, hydration, weight loss, medical appointments, skilled nursing, dental, PT/OT, etc.
Anonymous
08/19/2023 19:37
Subject: Memory Care Demanding Sitters
Yes OP please share the place. I may need to move my mom from her assisted living place and one of the places I was looking is a highly rated memory care place.
Anonymous
08/19/2023 17:56
Subject: Memory Care Demanding Sitters
What is the name of the place? Please share.