A Story About Finding Assisted Living — Part 4, Sally’s Decision

Written by on December 12, 2011 - 2 Comments
Categories: Housing, Readers' Questions

This is the final part in our story about how we found the best assisted living facility for 82-year-old Sally to live in.   Please read the background info here, and the reports about our visits to Assisted Living Facilities “A” and “B.”  Below is the outcome of our search . . . . When [...]

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A Story About Finding Assisted Living — Part 3

Written by on November 7, 2011 - 2 Comments
Categories: Housing, Readers' Questions

This is the third article in a four-part series about finding an assisted living facility for 82-year-old Sally to live in.  Please read the background info here, and about our visit to Assisted Living Facility “A” here.  Her story continues below . . . Sally and I were running nearly two hours late for our [...]

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A Story About Finding Assisted Living — Part 2

Written by on October 10, 2011 - 0 Comments
Categories: Housing, Readers' Questions

This is the second part in a four-part series.  Please read Part 1 here for background about our story of finding an Assisted Living residence for Sally. Meeting Sally On a Saturday morning I met Sally at her friend’s home, where she was living temporarily, and off we went to visit the first of two [...]

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A Story about Finding Assisted Living — Part 1

Written by on September 26, 2011 - 3 Comments
Categories: Housing, Readers' Questions

One eldercare question I’m asked often is, “How do I find the best assisted living facility for my aging parents?” I normally go through this process with adult children who are making the decision for their parents.  Recently, I received a different request — please help Sally, an 82-year-young woman with no family living nearby, [...]

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How to Remove Pets from an Aging Parent’s Home

Written by on May 4, 2011 - 0 Comments
Categories: Housing, Pets, Readers' Questions, Visiting

A reader wrote this comment to a prior post here.  Because her question is a challenge many families face while caring for their “Golden Oldies” (aka aging parents or relatives), I’ve gotten permission to publish it along with my answer below: . . . I need some advice. I fully believe that pets are beneficial [...]

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Letters from Readers: Daughter Worried About Exhausted Caregiving Mom

Written by on July 27, 2009 - 7 Comments
Categories: Caregiver Stress, Readers' Questions

Today I am introducing a new feature on Tender Loving Eldercare — a readers’ mailbag.  Family caregivers ask me for suggestions and insights into their caregiving challenges. If a question arises for you on your caregiving journey, please feel free to use the contact form above to send me an email.   From time to time [...]

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