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Originally Posted by redwitch
Check with KathieI. She brought her dad out from California. I know she couldn't find a satisfactory place right by TV but did find a really nice one in Tampa, which isn't that far of a drive. Her dad is very social and definitely needs a place that will give him lots of activities.
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Wow, I wrote a long post to respond to this thread and I hit the wrong button and it was totally wiped out.
Red's right, I spent numerous hours on this dilemma and its a matter of priorities not only yours but your Mom's also. Finding a clean, decent facility for my Dad, I needed to decide what was more important,
a) visiting him every other day or
b) having a lovely, active senior independent facility for him that's affordable and see him twice a week and periodically bring him to visit for long weekends in TV.
I chose the latter and he is now living very happily in Sun City, with many daily activities and weekly outings, dances, bingo, cards, etc. They have happy hour nightly (those old devils) and delicious meals 3 x a day. He has made a lot of friends and feels very comfortable and SAFE!!
I hope that you are able to come up with solutions to your problem, it is not easy but spend a lot of time on the internet investigating what you would like to accomplish.
Surprisingly, there were not as many senior independent living places in FL as I thought there would be, at least not in this area. I found more in the Southeast and Tampa areas.
Good luck, and PM me if you would like any additional information. KathieI