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[the_siobhan]

I am on vacation from work this week. I was planning to do some vacation things, like, I dunno, rent a car and go walk in the woods or something.

Instead I may be visiting assisted living residences to try and find an alternative housing arrangement for the Old Man. The hospital wants to discharge him, but his retirement residence is pushing back on letting him move back. I read his lease agreement, and he is covered by the Landlord Tenant Act so while they technically can't prevent him from moving home, they can apply to evict him on the grounds that his care needs exceed what they are designed to accommodate.

There is a conference call on Monday between hospital staff, residence management and his home care coordinator, so hopefully we can hammer something out for the short term, but long term I'm pretty sure they're going to force him out.

And Long Term Care has a five year waiting list, because of course it does.

Comments

[kest]

I sometimes wonder how long it will be before our generation and the following one rise up about the terrible state of elder care, because the boomers are entering in en masse and right now we're all just dealing with the horrors on our own. One would THINK that a retirement residence would have its own assistance, at least on the organizational front, for when its time for the next stage, would that be too much to ask??

[the_siobhan]

They're acting like it's the end of the world that he needs additional support very suddenly. I'm like, your clients are all over 70, are you sure this is the VERY FIRST TIME EVER that somebody suddenly had a rapid deterioration in mobility while living there?