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If you're looking at a assisted living facility vs a nursing home, make sure they have nursing staff available 24x7.
My mother was in a similar state as your father, type 2 diabetic, and having memory issues. We tried a assisted living facility with memory care, but with only one licensed nurse on staff during the day, they couldn't adequately administer insulin to her. The nurse would make a best guess at how much to give, and draw up doses for off hours. This didn't work at all, and she ended up having frequent falls, followed by trips to the hospital. I think we let that happen twice before we pulled her out of that place and moved her to a nursing home.
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