After living with my sister for eight years and paying for around-the-clock caregivers, finances required us to place my mother in an assisted living facility. Mom has degenerative arthritis and can no longer walk and has very little use of one arm/hand and none on the other. She is a "two person transfer" from bed to chair, wheelchair to toilet, etc. In essence, she is bedridden, but we get her out of bed and she sits in a recliner watching CNN for most of every day. She does go to the dining room most days and requires feeding, which my sister and I do when we are there and staff or a paid caregiver do when we are not. Because of this heavy care, the facility has her on the wing and in the dining room with their Alzheimer's patients. Mother is still mentally sharp (although forgetful, hard of hearing and with failing eyesight) at age 92. Surely, she is not the only one with these specific conditions, yet we are at a loss as to where she could get the heavy care and still have people with whom she can converse about local and world events, discuss any pop-culture issues and the like. Though my sister and I are each there two times a week (giving her a family visitor at least four days weekly), and other friends and family visit from time to time, she wants company and intellectual stimulation more often and is unhappy with us for not being there more often. Are there living facilities for this type of aging care? Reasonably priced, since her money and ours is running out? Help!
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