Transitioning from Home to a Care Facility

VickiSS

My mother still lives with her partner and always been adamant that she won't live anywhere else. But due to her partner's health problems and her own cognitive decline, that may not be feasible for much longer. I'm looking for some guidance on how to have a kind but effective conversation about the need for her to have full time care and why she can no longer live alone.

Emily 123

Where is she in her cognitive decline? Does she have a diagnosis of dementia?

I ask because at a certain point the time to reason will have been passed. The disease will create an inability to use logic and reasoning. A lot of people with dementia have anosogosia, where they lack the capacity to sense the changes dementia is causing. They will not agree there's an issue. In that case it might be easier to make it about meeting the partner's increasing needs and put a framework of support in place for her cognitive issues without her knowing.