Were we smart or lucky? Looking back, I’m just not sure. Either way a little bit of preplanning made a big difference when Dad took a fall one night in his pleasant Florida patio home where he lived alone after our stepmother Elizabeth died.
We were smart when we hired a geriatric care manager, the amazing Elinor Gorgas of Central Florida Medical Legal Consulting, to look in on Dad every month or so. She advised us on his present needs and future needs that might arise. So, just in case, we toured a few of the local assisted living communities in the area on one of our visits.
Dad wasn’t ready to move then, and we did not belabor the point with him that staying in his home might not be forever. The day …
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