My mother was in assisted living for 4 years. She fell and broke her pelvis and can no longer walk. Due to mental and physical decline we put her in memory care. I absolutely hate memory care and feel like she is in a prison.
She has short term memory loss and falls because she still thinks she can walk. She is vey high functioning and doesn't need to be in a lock down facility. She refuses to go to a board and care, because she feels like she is in somebodies home. Would she be able to go back to Assisted Living with alarms on wheel chair, bed and 1 hour checks? Any ideas of where she can go? We had a hard time placing her because she is a 2 person assist for toileting.
I don’t believe that Assisted Living would be able to provide the level of care she needs. They would suggest you hire someone privately to care for her. Wherever you do put her, make sure she can stay there. Although she is high-functioning, each change in living arrangements will leave her more and more confused.
I remember the day when the facility called me to say it was time for my Dad to move from Independent Living over to Memory Care. That took me totally by surprise. Apparently Dad was able to hold his memory together whenever I visited, and when I wasn't there, he was having memory issues.
I was so relieved when Dad was moved to Memory Care as he was starting to roam at night. With the lock down, I felt it was no different than if he was living at home.... the outside doors would all be locked, too. Dad said it made him feel much safer knowing the doors were locked.
My Mom had the same thing your Mom had regarding thinking she could walk. So I can understand what you are going through in that regard. My Mom was in long-term-care, as she sadly needed a village to take care of her.
My mom has Parkinson’s.