How do you physically remove someone from their home to assisted living?

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Q: How do I physically remove my mom from her house to Assisted Living?

A: Please get help for yourself. That means getting help for your mom. You can't let this kill you, and it could. Get social services involved so you have a third party to help you get your mom into assisted living. Do you have durable power of attorney to make decisions for her?

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This arrangement is bad for you and bad for her. No guilt needed. You can't possibly be an effective caregiver as she gets worse and worse, considering how bad it is now.

Third party help is vital. Call social services and/or go to your state's website under aging services and ask for help. You can also find information from your local Area Agency on Aging.

There will be some version of the Family Caregiver Support Program and they will give you some local connections.


Elder care author, columnist and speaker Carol Bradley Bursack is an AgingCare.com contributing editor and moderator of the AgingCare.com online caregiver support forums. Read her full biography

 
 

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diana56

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Apr 13, 2011

...And so, as I cared for my mother in her disabled condition for 6 weeks,
I multi- tasked to cover immediate daily needs, and seek out an assisted living place to move her to....they were all way over her financial income..as her level of care was alot...she had lived in her home for 10 years and yet, because of the drop in property value.. it is not worth the large balance she still owes on it.
I chose to re -direct her monies w/ a new account..towards her going to live w/ a care giving friend of hers ..at less than half the cost...which she felt much more comfortable about...my wonder is, as we have stopped payment on the house, and wait for it to fall into foreclosure...is she in any legal harassment by no longer paying? At 82..she is no longer concerned about her "credit"...has anyone else faced this? Thank you*

 
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