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.
Living Arrangements
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Living Arrangements
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Living Arrangements
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Living Arrangements
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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. Not everyone who's getting older needs care. Some parents are in great health for their age. They can manage their own lives.
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. A continuing care retirement community, sometimes called a life care community, is a different model from picking individual facilities. Instead of moving your parent
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 search for nursing homes online, you're going to see star ratings. Those are based on inspections and complaints and metrics.
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. A nursing home, formally called a skilled nursing facility, is not the same as assisted living. It's more medical. It's
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. Choosing a memory care facility feels like the heaviest decision you'll make in your caregiving process. You're not just choosing
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 has dementia, a standard assisted living facility probably isn't going to be enough. This is hard to hear because