Mom has been dealing with declining cognitive ability since late 2019, and, together with her neighbors and other caring members of her community that have reached out with concern, it has become clear that moving her into supervised care is essential for her safety and that the need is immediate.

Mom, being the feisty broad she has always been, is resistant to recognizing this need for assistance and has not been cooperative with basic medical care, help and assessment, so we will need to take on all the up-front costs.

These include: A private-pay, housecall geriatric specialist to do the initial medical assessment in her home (necessitated by mom's reluctance to comply with multiple doctor's visits arranged by her primary care physician, including a neurology consult and MRI), a deposit for the wonderful retirement community in her area that has a dog-friendly Memory Care apartment opening next month, travel for Heather back and forth to mom's to navigate the closing and sale of the home, legal fees related to transferring power of attorney to access funds for ongoing care, and more.

In normal times, I would be well capable of fronting these costs, however continued volatility in the job market has impacted me and the kids' security, as well (when it rains, it pours, right?!)-- I was hoping I'd have more time before these moves became necessary, however, in the two months since my last visit, things have taken a rapid and emergent turn for the worse-- She now doesn't believe she has seen me in years, believes the treasured dog she's had for 6 years has only been with her for 6 months, she has had several cases of highly impactful financial tomfoolery and being taken advantage of by predatory people, she is unable to navigate simple things like keeping her cell phone turned on, which makes her unreachable creating further concern for safety...

All that to say, it is clear that THE TIME IS NOW!

I know mom has friends from near and far, several on Facebook that have been friends since well before I was born.

If mom has positively impacted your life in the past, I hope you will join me in positively impacting hers, now. It is vital.