32. Senior Living Secrets Part 2: What to Watch After Your Elderly Parent Moves In

Your parent just moved into assisted living. You exhaled. And then you realized nobody told you what happens next. Who manages the medications? What are those bed rails actually for? What does a blood clot look like in an elderly person and when do you call 911? The move is just the beginning of a different kind of watching.

In part two, Cassandra Plaisir, a registered nurse and ALF consultant with 18 years in long-term care and regulatory compliance, walks us through what daughters need to know after move-in day. She covers how medication management actually works inside a facility and why you still need to know every single pill, what bed rails can and cannot do and why sneaking one in could do more harm than good, how to recognize the early signs of a pressure wound, and what Florida's new Emily's Law means for blood clot awareness. She also talks through the 1823 assessment, how to handle a hesitant parent, what a respite stay is and why it almost always turns into a permanent move, and what the adjustment period really looks like from the inside.

This is not the episode you skip. Whether your parent just moved in or you are still planning, Cassandra gives you the kind of information that makes you a smarter, calmer advocate for your parent at every step.

Connect with Cassandra:Cassandra Plaisir, RN | ALF Consultantalfconsultant.com, cassandraplaisir@alfconsultant.com

Topics covered: assisted living after move-in, medication management in ALF, bed rails, pressure ulcers, wound prevention, blood clots, DVT, pulmonary embolism, Emily's Law, Florida 1823 assessment, respite stay, senior living adjustment, advocacy inside assisted living, fall prevention

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