Living Arrangements
This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical, legal, or financial advice. Please consult appropriate professionals for guidance specific to your situation. You're probably working. You want your parent to stay home with you, but you need them to have supervision and engagement during
Living Arrangements
This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical, legal, or financial advice. Please consult appropriate professionals for guidance specific to your situation. When you're looking at options for your parent's care, you probably visited some assisted living facilities and maybe looked at
Living Arrangements
This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical, legal, or financial advice. Please consult appropriate professionals for guidance specific to your situation. If your parent is paying privately for a facility right now, there's probably a number in the back of your head. The
Living Arrangements
This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical, legal, or financial advice. Please consult appropriate professionals for guidance specific to your situation. You're facing something I wish I'd been prepared for: one of your parents needs memory care or skilled nursing, and
Living Arrangements
This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical, legal, or financial advice. Please consult appropriate professionals for guidance specific to your situation. You've made the decision. You've visited facilities, talked to doctors, looked at finances, and done all the logical work. And
Living Arrangements
This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical, legal, or financial advice. Please consult appropriate professionals for guidance specific to your situation. If you're reading this, you've probably already had the conversation you hoped you'd never need to have. Your
Living Arrangements
This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical, legal, or financial advice. Please consult appropriate professionals for guidance specific to your situation. The pandemic isolated your parent in ways that nothing else could. The facility locked down. You couldn't visit. You couldn't
Living Arrangements
This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical, legal, or financial advice. Please consult appropriate professionals for guidance specific to your situation. Sometimes the facility your parent is in is not good. Not just "adjusted to some degree" and "settling in," but
Living Arrangements
This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical, legal, or financial advice. Please consult appropriate professionals for guidance specific to your situation. Your parent is in a facility across the country. You visit four times a year. You talk on the phone twice a week. The
Living Arrangements
This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical, legal, or financial advice. Please consult appropriate professionals for guidance specific to your situation. Three months in, the crisis mode is over. Your parent has adjusted to some degree. The emergency that prompted placement has been managed. Life
Living Arrangements
This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical, legal, or financial advice. Please consult appropriate professionals for guidance specific to your situation. The phone call comes on week three. Your parent is sobbing. The facility is terrible. Nobody cares about them. They want to come home.
Living Arrangements
This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical, legal, or financial advice. Please consult appropriate professionals for guidance specific to your situation. The first weeks in a facility are disorienting for everyone. Your parent is in a strange place with strange people. The food tastes different.