Your Dad has recently been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Twice last week you found him on the floor in his home after he had lost his balance. He was confused and had been unable to get up by himself.

1. Should your elder with
Alzheimer’s live with you?

2. Your Dad has recently been diagnosed
with Alzheimer’s disease

3. Twice last week you found him on the
floor in his home after he had lost his
balance

4. He was confused and had been unable
to get up by himself

5. Living completely alone is no longer an option.
You are his caregiver. Now it’s time for a major
decision. Does Dad come to live with you? Or has
that time passed? Is it time to place him in a
facility?

6. Pros and cons to having a loved one
with Alzheimer’s disease live with you
and you need to consider each very
carefully

7. They want to stay in a familiar
environment where they feel
comfortable, where they have
some control, where their
memories are
What your loved one wants

8. They may feel that moving
Dad to a nursing home is a
betrayal. Harsh, but it
happens
What your loved one’s family wants

9. Your spouse and your
children should have a say
in this decision as well
What your family wants

10. Some people simply cannot
afford to place a loved one in
a nursing facility
The financial aspects

11. Placing your loved one in a
nursing home feels like putting
him or her in… someplace very
odd, no matter how nice the
facility is or how caring the staff
The guilt factor

12. Caring for an Alzheimer’s
patient is not something that
can be done by one person…
You will need help
Caregiver stress

13. Your spouse may be 100%
supportive, but you will be
spending a lot of time helping
your loved one with all the
tasks
Marital strain

14. Your children and other
members of the family will
suffer the same lack of
attention and time
Family stress

15. Your relationships and
performance at work may
deteriorate if you are under too
much stress at home.
Work stress

16. Help is
available

17. There are adult daycare centers, where
seniors are entertained during the day.
In home care is available. Caregivers can come
and spend time with your loved one for a few
hours a week or every day, allowing you to get
out and run errands or take the family to
dinner and a movie.
Respite care allows you to place your loved
one in a facility for a few days or have an in
home caregiver stay with your loved one
while you go on vacation or just take time off.

18. If you’re family situation is not clear cut, contact us at Keystone In Home care and we can discuss options a plan
for you and your loved one.
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