Here's something that catches a lot of families off guard: assisted living and nursing homes aren't two names for the same thing. They serve different people, provide different levels of care, and feel very different on a day-to-day basis. But unless you've had a reason to look into senior care before, there's no reason you'd know that.
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You keep a mental checklist running at all times. Did Mom refill her prescriptions? Has anyone checked on Dad since Tuesday? Is the house too warm, too cold, too quiet? The questions don't stop just because you live in a different city or a different time zone. And the hardest part isn't always the logistics. It's the feeling that you should be there, and you're not.