Not withstanding Building 37 at the Johnson Space Center, aliens have abducted my FIL. For those of you who followed "Save the Last Bullet for Yourself," I have an update on how my FIL is doing in assisted living. He's loving it!!!
We had talked to him for months and he refused to even consider assisted living. He said he was too young (only 85) and might consider it in 5 or 10 years. He said he wouldn't pay for it. He said he'd just leave and go back home.
After 2 weeks, he is the darling of the place. The staff says he's wonderful. He's made new friends. The food is great. He told my son/his grandson that he should have moved there sooner.
My wife took him Friday to his neurologist for a follow up on his Alzheimer's (he's equivalent to age 7 by the scale). The doctor asked him about driving. My FIL said he didn't think he could drive anymore. My wife almost dropped her teeth. She asked about selling his car and he said it was ok. He gave her his car keys.
One of his investment accounts was giving us trouble about his power-of-attorney. He called them up and told them to let his daughter take it over. He couldn't handle the responsibility anymore. Problem solved.
The only lesson from this is to follow your gut. He needed assisted living 3 years ago. My wife and her sister anguished over this and didn't want to upset him. After fighting it for months, he's going great guns.
Those 70 year old babes must have been the ticket.
We had talked to him for months and he refused to even consider assisted living. He said he was too young (only 85) and might consider it in 5 or 10 years. He said he wouldn't pay for it. He said he'd just leave and go back home.
After 2 weeks, he is the darling of the place. The staff says he's wonderful. He's made new friends. The food is great. He told my son/his grandson that he should have moved there sooner.
My wife took him Friday to his neurologist for a follow up on his Alzheimer's (he's equivalent to age 7 by the scale). The doctor asked him about driving. My FIL said he didn't think he could drive anymore. My wife almost dropped her teeth. She asked about selling his car and he said it was ok. He gave her his car keys.
One of his investment accounts was giving us trouble about his power-of-attorney. He called them up and told them to let his daughter take it over. He couldn't handle the responsibility anymore. Problem solved.
The only lesson from this is to follow your gut. He needed assisted living 3 years ago. My wife and her sister anguished over this and didn't want to upset him. After fighting it for months, he's going great guns.
Those 70 year old babes must have been the ticket.