When might California begin to provide more appropriate residential facilities, than SNF's that are not locked down, to Alzheimer’s?

Facilities in ANY state vary widely. I would recommend to keep looking and keep asking questions in your area. Wishing you good luck.

ILIVEWHERE, the way I look at it, lock down is no different than you or I keeping our own front door locked and back door locked around the clock.


I am so glad that Memory Care or skilled nursing facilities do this. One wouldn't want to get a call saying their loved one walked out the front door of the facility and cannot be found. Please note some medications can make a person be zoned out, thus confused, and not have dementia.

All Alzheimer’s facilities are lockdown because they can get into dangerous situations. But your allowed to come visit or take them on outings even take them for overnight stays with you

https://www.agingcare.com/questions/would-a-ltc-snf-which-is-not-locked-down-be-the-appropriate-place-to-care-for-several-dementia-patie-488685.htm

You asked a similar question a couple if months back.

This is not a question that can be answered here since our members are from all over the US. There are Memory Care facilities for people suffering from a Dementia. Long- term care units are locked down. Skilled Nursing I would think has lock down because of the mixture of patients.

Your question should be aimed at the politicians in your State.

There is a small pilot program in which Medicaid funds AL, mainly to patients that really don’t need the nursing services of an snf.