What's the Right Place for Mom?

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Mary's relatives say she did the wrong thing by placing her mother into a memory care facility. Got a dilemma? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com - Listen to The Dr. Laura Program daily on SiriusXM Triumph 123.

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0:23.4	Mary, welcome to the program.
0:26.2	Hi, Dr. Laura.
0:27.4	Thank you for taking my call.
0:29.5	Thank you.
0:30.6	What's up?
0:31.3	I wrote out some notes so I could try to be as efficient as possible.
0:36.1	Oh, okay.
0:36.6	My mother is currently in stage seven of dementia.
0:41.3	She has progressed very, very quickly.
0:46.3	One of the things that she told us, kind of when this all started,
0:51.3	was she really wanted to stay home as long as possible.
1:00.5	So as she progressed, we got her the help she needed. So we started with someone that moved in with her that had a day job, but would sleep there if she needed anything at night or in the
1:04.5	morning. When it got worse, we got someone there during the day, drive her around, make sure
1:10.6	she had everything she needed.
1:12.4	As it progressed even more, we hired like an aid that specializes in dementia.
1:17.5	And so we felt like we were continuing to do what we needed to do.
1:22.1	Right.
1:22.8	To give her the support she needed to stay home.
1:25.6	At the same time, having a full-time aid, which is what we
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