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Decline and fall of practically everybody
Jan. 16th, 2019 10:55 amMy mother and mother-in-law live in progressive retirement communities. The idea is that you start out in a space that is entirely your own -- my mother lives in a semi-detached house, my MIL in an apartment -- and then when you become unable to live on your own, you move to "assisted living", where you're in a smaller apartment, one or maybe two rooms, and are checked on regularly and eat in the cafeteria, and if (God forbid) dementia comes up, you move into the dementia area.
I saw all of these at my mother's home when my father died, and I can report that all of these zones are bright and clean. In the dementia areas, there are many thoughtful touches to remind people of their lives, flight cages of birds, and a piano and record player for singalongs. If you're going to be demented*, it looks like the way to go. The medical health care wing, where my father died, is considerably more depressing.
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I saw all of these at my mother's home when my father died, and I can report that all of these zones are bright and clean. In the dementia areas, there are many thoughtful touches to remind people of their lives, flight cages of birds, and a piano and record player for singalongs. If you're going to be demented*, it looks like the way to go. The medical health care wing, where my father died, is considerably more depressing.
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