About the My Aged Care Home Program:
I registered Chungsoon with Australia’s My Aged Care system and she had an assessment in July. At that time, although she had already been diagnosed with dementia, she was still functioning well in daily life, so they said government home-care services were not immediately necessary. I was preparing all the meals, and Chungsoon was still doing the cleaning and laundry. We did grocery shopping together, and gardening was something we did as a hobby and for exercise. There wasn’t anything we needed to ask others to help with.
However, since October her dementia has suddenly worsened quite quickly, and it seems that she will need support at some point soon, so I think we should prepare and apply. I’ve read that for Lewy Body Dementia, life expectancy from onset is roughly ten years, and the middle stages are often described as “assisted home living” and then “care home living.” Our intention is not to move into a care home, but to remain living at home for as long as possible — although I’m not sure how realistic that will be.
In any case, for our situation, what should we prepare now for the coming stage of assisted home living?
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