She has dimentia and forgets things easily and argues with me when she does not want to do something. I have volunteer services send someone to clean, do laundry, etc. Monday thru Friday, a companion comes Monday, Wednesday and Friday, She gets meals on wheels and a therapist comes a couple of times a week to work with her neck, which she has arthritis in. I feel as though I could scream sometimes when she gets so contrie about things. All of my siblings live out of state and can not help out. What do I do to get her to move into assisted living?
In my situation, I also prayed, when it got to the point where you are now. Not that I hadn't prayed earlier, but I started praying HARD, and then things did start to line up, and the move was put into motion. Where you are now with your mother is possibly one of the most difficult periods you'll go through (at least that was the case for me). It is the actual transition, and the thought of a transition, that is so hard for our parents to adapt to and accept, and understandably. Once they have lived in a home for many years, it feels like "home"---naturally---and it is extremely difficult for them to leave it and go to a new place. I will tell you this.....My parents thoroughly loved their AL place once they got there, and my mother thanked me profusely just before she died for having helped them to move there. She was happy that my father (who has dementia) would be well cared for there after she was gone.
Hang in there, llblair, and I will be pulling for you.