Placement Guilt When Moving a Loved One to a Care Facility A support group member asked, “How do I get over the guilt?” A few months prior she had moved her husband to a board and care facility because she could no longer care for him by herself at home. Intellectually she knew it […]
This is the third article in a four-part series about how to find an assisted living community for 82-year-old Sally. Please click here for Part 1 with some background info. And click here for Part 2 about our visit to Assisted Living Community “A.” Her story continues below . . . . Sally and I […]
This is the second part in a four-part series on how to find an assisted living community for an elderly parent. Please click here for Part 1 with background about 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, […]
One caregiving question I’m asked often is, “How do I find the best assisted living facility for my aging parents?” Recently I received a request to help Sally, an 82-year-young woman, with no family living nearby, find an assisted living facility to move into. Her family living cross-country asked me to be their “eyes and […]
In this final part in our series on how to find an assisted living community, we share how we found the best senior residence facility for 82-year-old Sally to live in. Part 1 is the back story, and Part 2 and Part 3 tell about our visits to the Assisted Living communities under consideration. Below is […]
