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When my mother went into Memory Care from the rehab SNF, she was happy as a clam and holding court with the staff and residents for a week afterward. I had her room all set up, tv installed, bed made with bedspread, etc., clothes hanging in the closet......it was like she'd always lived there. Her transition was super smooth and she didn't start complaining at all until a few months in.
Make sure you call Rosa (my mother has a landline in her room which I also set up) and remind her you're thinking of her, and then go to visit or window visit (or whatever) as often as possible.
Good luck!
Interview the director. There are a million questions you can ask the director to satisfy yourself that this will be as smooth as possible of a transition. Google “memory care questions to ask”. Keep your eyes open. Observe how the residents are being cared for. Does the staff seem like they relate to the residents?
Furnish your LOs room with familiar things. Bring things from home like pictures. Once this covid crisis is over visit a lot. Ask what the covid visiting policy is. Although you're passing her primary care responsibilty to the facility's staff, don't think your job is over. You are still her advocate.