[unclebilly]

Went through this a few years go with dad.

I visited him tonight and took him out for supper.

Of course she doesn’t want to move into a care facility… who does?

The bottom line is that these facilities exist exactly for this. They look after people with dementia and they do a darn good job at making them comfortable and safe.

We no longer get calls from the RCMP about my dad rolling his electric scooter into a ditch on the side of the highway filled with blackberry brambles while how blood sugars are at 27… all the while refusing his insulin because that blood sugars number is normal for him… I’m not worried about him falling and breaking his hip again and laying in the floor in a puddle of pee for hours until a neighbor stops by to check on him (this also happened).

He is in the right place, he enjoys it there. Because we moved him close, he gets to see us and his grandkids all the time now instead of a couple times a year.

Also since his sugars are under control with diet now, no more insulin and he can have a treat when we do go see him.

It was a guilty decision when we moved him but we knew it was the right move and it was.

Move her in, visit her in a couple days. The staff understands this. Her working there probably complicates things. Can you make her think she is there to help?