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Originally Posted by ErrorMargin
I asked several of the staff members at the facility how we should go about telling my mother that we are moving her in there. They were all unanimous that we should not tell her. Their advice is to tell my mother that we are going there for another lunch, get her inside the secure area and then leave and let the staff help her adjust.
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In my experience, this would be the best option. Folks with serious illnesses, especially dementia, are hardest on the people who care about them the most. Your mother is more likely to accept living there from the staff than from you. Especially since she worked there, they could "give her an apartment if she would help them out." My dad was OK moving to an "apartment" in the dementia home since my mother was such a harpy to him. I think it felt liberating for him.