
Alzheimer's Disease Support Group
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia and characterized by progressive cognitive deterioration with declining activities of daily living and neuropsychiatric symptoms or behavioral changes. An early symptom is memory loss (amnesia), usually manifesting as minor forgetfulness that becomes pronounced with illness progression, with relative...
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It's not something you will have to do right away. But we need to start looking into it; when it comes to this.
I went throug the process of finding a suitable home for my parents a year ago... it is time consuming and so much to consider.
You not only have to place your loved one in a clean, accessible, medically accredited facility, but you have to know the financial restrictions of your loved ones and just how much they can afford.
Assisted living is not cheap, and many factors of care have to be calculated into the over-all picture of care.
Please start by getting the telephone book down, locating all facilities that deal directly with dimentia and Alheimers, not all of them do.
Then take time to visit the facility, talk with the staff, get info to take to your family member, discuss the possibility of making the move.... take them to the facility and let them have a part in making the final decision if at all possible.
Once a decision is made, most places allow the resident to have some of their belongings, but not all.. depending on the size of the room they choose, you might consider selling off the remainder of the furniture for financial assistance with the move; or if arrangements have been made for other family members to have certain pieces of furniture... in time all of those decisions will be met.
I hope this info will be helpful to you..
take care