Hi, my mom lives in a nursing home down the street from us in AZ and loves it there. She likes the staff and the actvities. My inlaws live nearby too. I see her once or twice a week. She's almost all there but as TBI and dementia. In a couple years my husband and I (we're in our 30s,) would like to move out of state to the NW or CO. We want to raise a family there. I'm wondering if I should move her or would it be okay if she stayed in AZ? That would be another state. Ideas or other experience or suggestions? Thank you!!
As MACinCT had mentioned, there could be issues with changing insurance and doctors especially if Mom is using Medicaid [different from Medicare] to help pay for her care. She needs to keep seeing familiar faces, which give her a sense of security. She can watch the news and recognize the locations that the Reporters are referring. Same with the local newspaper if she still reads the papers. Plus all the friends she has made. Moving her would change everything, it would be like moving a teenager !!
It's nice to read of someone being so happy and well-cared for in a facility :)