There are times in every life where you have to do "hard things"...things you know are right, but that make you unbearably sad. Yesterday was one of those times in the life of our family.
For almost four years, we've had Kevin's Mom live with us. Mom was diagnosed with Alzheimer's about ten years ago. As the disease progressed, we all knew the day would come when Mom would need more care than we could provide in our home. That day came, yesterday.
We were blessed to find an assisted-living facility just down the road from our house. It was just opened within the last year, and deals exclusively with memory-loss patients. It feels more like a home and less like an institution. Each resident has their own room with a private bathroom. This really is a wonderful place for Mom to live, and we are happy she is able to be so close by.
After we got her moved in and decorated her room so she'd be comfortable, Marc took these pictures of everything we'd done...and Mom in her new digs. With the staff of the residence taking care of her every need, we teased Mom that it was almost like being on a cruise-ship...almost! haha
This is the view from the windowout towards the door of her room
her teddy-bear collection
1 comments:
I'm so sorry this day has finally come. My Grandma suffers from Alzheimer's too. The day is coming that my Mom and Grandpa will have to put her in a home also. It's so sad what Alzheimer's can do to a person. I wish you the best!
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