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Caregivers: Dementia | Last Active: 6 days ago | Replies (5)
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I brought my wife home from a fairly high end memory care facility after 12 days. She needs a lot of attention in the morning and they were not really staffed for that type of care. After the fact, I thought if I had a health care aid coming in for a few hours each day that may have worked out. The other factor was that most of the residents were incapable of a conversation so the social aspect I had hoped for was not happening.
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I have been thinking that I may need to hire extra help. I also worry about the social aspect.
Many years ago my father was in memory care and only interacted with other residents. He needed more interaction with non impaired persons. When he suffered a stroke he moved to skilled nursing and he was much happier. Even if he was just sitting in a chair in the hallway he would see people coming and going and some would stop and say hello. He loved his physical therapist and would sit and watch her work with other patients. They were great with him but no longer provide nursing care.