You've already done the hard part: the late-night research, the quiet comparisons of communities in Chester County, the mental rehearsals of how this conversation might go. You know personal care is the right step. But knowing it and saying it out loud to your parent are two very different things.
Each spring, The Arbor Company brings engagement directors, memory care leaders, and support staff together from across the country for the annual Arbor Connections Conference, and this year, Chuck Nichols brought a microphone.
It starts with a story that doesn't quite add up. Your parent mentions a doctor's appointment you're sure was last week, not yesterday. Or you open their fridge during a weekend visit and find three identical gallons of milk, two of them expired. You file it away. You tell yourself it's normal.