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Cost of memory care for an Alzheimer's patient
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We have had similar experiences. I am 80 and I am exhausted from my husband waking me up every night. Your husbands experience gives me hope that maybe my husband's transition won't be as bad as I am imagining. My husband ran away again yesterday, and I was following him in my car pleading for him to get in my car. I was so worried about him stepping into a busy street that I pulled onto a street without looking both ways and a car came within a second of hitting me. Luckily the other driver slammed on his brakes to avert a crash. I have had enough. It is time to put him in Memory Care. The difficult part is that when I talked with him about it he said, "I love you and I can't live without you." Please don't put me into Memory care.
Thank you for sharing your experience.
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@katrina123
When your beloved husband has dementia, the normal promises are vacated. He had no idea what his life, and yours, would be like living with this disease. You have to do what is necessary to keep him safe and keep yourself safe.
I don’t know whether he has started to fall yet but that will come if it hasn’t. My husband began falling, and I realized that one of his falls was going to take both of us out sooner or later. He wouldn’t use his walking aids and was quick! What if I had been badly injured? How would I have cared for him then?
I hated making the decision to place him in memory care, but it was the right decision. It probably should have happened sooner. Do not feel guilty!