Chapter 14 - The Facility
Chloe had researched memory-care communities.
That alone was not wrongdoing.
Families research elder care.
She toured two.
She requested pricing.
She also requested:
What documentation is typically useful when family members resist placement?
One facility representative responded carefully:
Admission requires appropriate assessment, consent or legal authority depending on circumstances; family preference alone is insufficient.
Chloe disliked that answer.
She moved to another facility.
There she described Eleanor as:
Wandering.
Food refusing.
Combative.
Unsafe alone.
A preliminary assessment was scheduled.
Without telling me.
Had Chloe been able to permanently place my mother by herself?
No.
I remained involved.
Mom retained decision-making capacity.
No guardianship order existed.
Facilities have procedures.
The plan was not legally complete.
But Chloe did not need everything resolved immediately.
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She needed me convinced.
I was the person she was manipulating.
