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Old 09-02-2009, 03:55 PM
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My mother-in-law has been diagnosed with Alzheimers for more than 5 years. When we moved here we immediately started looking at homes in about a 50 mile radius.
I guess my question is if her mind is 'sharp', is there a medical need such as being handicaped by parallysis or the such?
We chose Arbor Village in Wildwood because 'it meets our needs' after her stroke.
I'm sure there are better places; I'm sure there are worse.
Care is in the hands of the ''care-giver''. No matter what home you're at.
Good luck and the following website was very helpful to us..
http://local-nursing-homes.com/
You can also get a good evaluation from '' http://www.healthgrades.com/ ''
but you'll have to pay for it.
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