Assisted living, skilled nursing, memory care, rehab ... when your loved one with dementia moves from their own home into managed care, it can be frightening for them and their family alike. This is especially true for the person who ends up being "the one": The one who will visit regularly, interact with staff and basically serve as their advocate from this point forward. We've all heard horror stories of neglect, or of situations where there isn't enough staff to adequately care for residents. Sometimes, though, even the finest, fully staffed facilities don't deliver the level of hands-on care that we would like. And that's because they can't.

Whether you’re going at it alone or with the help of family and friends, here are a few tips that can help ease the burden of sorting through stuff, stuff and more stuff.

My Mom wouldn't agree to move until it was almost too late — thankfully I'd already done my homework. Here's how I hit the ground running.

My experience of finally getting access to my parents' finances and getting a durable power of attorney began with a frantic call from my mother. 

Introducing Dementia, Dammit! In my blogs and podcasts I'll share the ins, outs, ups and downs of how I weathered my parents' storm.