Alzheimer care matters

I’ve mentioned before that my mom has Alzheimer’s. A while back she really started to decline. She was losing weight and my mom is tiny to begin with. They put her on hospice care, which meant that they expected her to last no more than six months.

A little while later, the facility where she is staying decided to raise her fees substantially. They said that she required a lot of extra care (she likes to wander off and she gets belligerent when you try to bring her back).

There was another Alzheimer’s place nearer to my brother. It had a very good reputation, but was very expensive. My mom has a decent pension between her and my dad (who passed away years ago), but she’s not swimming in money either. But with the first place raising their fee, the difference in cost wasn’t as big. And being closer to my brother would make it much more convenient.

So we moved her to the nicer place. Since then she has gained ten pounds. One time she introduced my brother to someone and used his correct name. I can’t remember the last time she did that.

So it clearly matters what kind of care an Alzheimer’s patient gets. They are now saying that they’ll probably take her off of hospice care.