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Sun May 28, 2017, 03:10 PM

May 2017

My late mother was in a care home at the end of her life (long story).

I would go to visit her and when they knew I was coming, they'd clean the place up.

What they failed to do was hide the bottled water I'd been hauling into the place FOR HER. It was being given to the other people that were there!

This care home attempted to manipulate her will before she died, leaving them a tidy sum of $.

Buyer beware I suppose!

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Mom is very happy at her nursing home -- so it is possible. [View all] pnwmom May 2017 OP

can you set up a security cam in her room?.... samnsara May 2017 #1

Very good to know. Thanks for posting. nt kstewart33 May 2017 #2

I think we probably could. But Mom is still quite capable of complaining pnwmom May 2017 #4

you can also speak thru them.... samnsara May 2017 #3

My Mom moved into assisited living little less than a year ago. Archae May 2017 #5

It can work great for some! JNelson6563 May 2017 #6

Count your blessings Freddie May 2017 #7

Oh, believe me, I do. pnwmom May 2017 #16

Wow that sounds nice! What state are in? Dem_4_Life May 2017 #8

She left Texas. She'd had two broken hips there (at two different times) pnwmom May 2017 #10

She's so lucky to have such great kids. Dem_4_Life May 2017 #29

My grandmother did very well in assisted living. Akoto May 2017 #9

So did my mother in law. pnwmom May 2017 #12

Glad that's working out for her. Binkie The Clown May 2017 #11

Theoretically, Mom didn't like the idea, either. But it turns out pnwmom May 2017 #14

Thanks for the link. n/t Binkie The Clown May 2017 #20

The people who get the best care in nursing homes are the ones whose family visits very very often luvMIdog May 2017 #13

And also the ones with excellent caregiver/elder ratios. n/t pnwmom May 2017 #15

True CountAllVotes May 2017 #44

yes & I would also like to ask them to prove to me they run background checks on staff luvMIdog May 2017 #17

My mother swore that we should kill her before ever letting that happen to her. cwydro May 2017 #18

Ice cream in her mind stands for independence and individuality. pnwmom May 2017 #21

My Grandma loved her nursing home. justgamma May 2017 #19

Aww is that where your username came from. Dem_4_Life May 2017 #32

My Mother is in a graduated assisted living community. Many of the programs annabanana May 2017 #22

None in New Mexico left-of-center2012 May 2017 #23

Mom gets about the same amount you do from Social Security and it's not too much pnwmom May 2017 #26

I only know ... left-of-center2012 May 2017 #40

Here are the 2017 rules. People who have no more than $2,000 in assets pnwmom May 2017 #41

Well, I have little in assets as I'm on Section 8 and little in the bank left-of-center2012 May 2017 #42

Even married couples can qualify, but as you can see, the spouse pnwmom May 2017 #43

you can switch to Medicaid if you are in a nursing home for 90 straight days and your money runs out Backwoodsrider May 2017 #28

I meant "blessed" in a good way left-of-center2012 May 2017 #39

In NM, there is an assisted living in Los Lunas that is really nice - greenhouses, restaurant, spa womanofthehills May 2017 #37

It's pretty rare to find a non profit nursing home usually blueinredohio May 2017 #24

I've spent a lot of time living in a hospital setting over the last couple of years Victor_c3 May 2017 #25

good to hear you point of view Victor Backwoodsrider May 2017 #31

What the Repukes don't understand, or really, don't care about, is that Medicaid & such programs UTUSN May 2017 #27

That's true. It's lunacy to cut Meals on Wheels, for example. pnwmom May 2017 #30

Nice to see that, it's a hit or miss prospect whether someone will be happy or miserable.... George II May 2017 #33

Thanks, George II. pnwmom May 2017 #34

My mom also found a beau in senior living & he helped her escape from a nursing home womanofthehills May 2017 #38

Thank you for posting this, and thank you to everyone who has replied. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2017 #35

Thank you! I was surprised at all the attention this post got. pnwmom May 2017 #36

My family is going through this, trying to make some decisions babylonsister May 2017 #45

I'd encourage you to also look at nursing homes, because he's probably pnwmom May 2017 #46

Thank you! babylonsister May 2017 #47

Thanks for bringing this Arazi May 2017 #48