Yeah, all of this has been a real learning experience for me, and not a very fun one. I’ve learned way more than I ever wanted to know about elder law and the hoops you have to jump through to handle someone’s affairs for them when they aren’t capable of handling them themselves. She’s fortunate in that she’s got a fair amount of savings and a good investment broker. She had already had her house set up in a living trust with my sister and I as the owners, so they can’t take her house if it ever comes to that. And she had already had her attorney draw up the Power of Attorney and Advance Directive forms and all I had to do was go get them and get her to sign them in front of some witnesses and a notary. But it’s still stressing me out just thinking about all the turmoil that she’s fixing to go through about her living situation. I try to remind myself to just take one day at a time, but I tend to obcess about things so it’s hard to do. But I’m hanging in there and putting it in God’s hands and I’m sure it’ll all work out ok in the end.
I was wondering about you this morning. Very sorry to hear about your mother. Hoping her recovery is quick.
Becky
But there are lots of assisted living facilities with different levels of care to choose from. More than there were when we made the decision with my grandfather. A friend told me that now they have places with varying levels of care in the same facility - so that you can move from convalescent care to minimal assistance to moderate assistance or whatever you need, without having to go through all the hassle of moving.