With younger and healthier residents than those found in American nursing homes, these facilities seem more analogous to independent or assisted living.
About three years ago, she suffered congestive heart failure and spent weeks in the hospital, then in assisted living.
At the assisted living facility where my mother lived until she died last year at age 96, the nursing director told me that some people think Alzheimer's is contagious.
You're feeling rushed as you raise the issue, again, of the assisted living facility nearby.
Sometimes a nursing home or assisted living center is the better choice for everyone involved.
