We admitted Mom to a long-term care facility Friday

[BillyBobBrilliant]

3. It is a difficult thing

to face. To no longer be able to properly provide for those that have been the providers for so much of our lives.
My mother was committed to an assisted care facility in 2004. My father passed later that year. Mom stayed there until she passed in 2012 (84yo). My sister lived in the same county, and eventually was committed to the same facility for obesity/mobility issues. As long as she lived, she was able to make decisions for my mother's care. When she died, I packed up and moved the 200 miles to live on the meager family estate, to assure my mother got proper care. It was not easy in may ways. The facility was pretty good. My mother stopped recognizing me fairly early into her disease. I feel like here residency there was the best quality of life she could have, however sad the situation was.