Review: Reality is scarier than fiction
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 10, 2013
As the child of a parent who is in an assisted living facility this book was a very important read. Everyone who is facing the possibility of admitting a loved one to a program like this needs to do their due diligence. The book makes clear the family role in researching staffing levels and staff training. The assisted living facility my mother resides at has for the most part been good about informing the family about our mom's health. They are often times under staffed.  We make a habit of coming unannounced. We are in contact with her physician at least once a month. Sadly we watch as she looses her ability to know the present.This book brought home the sad reality that as long as our current model for assisted living is to under pay the people who we entrust to care for our elders we are going to get what we pay for. In Minnesota we are fortunate to have a decent health care model for assisted living, but there is much need for improvement.Facilities that want to retain clients should focus on what is important to make those final years the best they can be.