My aunt's assisted living facility has been decided! ＼(^_^)／

It seems that popular assisted living facilities fill up in the blink of an eye once a vacancy opens up.

There was one vacancy at T (Home), which we toured the other day, but it was filled the night before we went for our tour, so unfortunately, we couldn't sign up right away.

So, while I knew it was a good facility, I was thinking we might end up going to the third facility we toured, about which I still had some concerns. However, my mother, my husband, and I couldn't give up on T (Home), which we felt was perfect for my aunt, so we looked into its affiliated facilities as well.

As written in the article above, when we toured T (Home), it was suggested that my aunt could stay at the affiliated D (Home) until a spot opened up at T (Home) and then move, but I judged that to be impossible because it would cause my aunt to panic.
But, thinking about it carefully, it turned out that D (Home) had one vacancy.

If she could move into D (Home), which is part of the same chain and operates with the same philosophy, that would have been fine, wouldn't it?

So, I consulted with the facility referral agent about moving into D (Home) instead of using it as a temporary home.

The conditions I had originally set for choosing a facility were:
1. Close to an interchange on the Kan-Etsu Expressway
2. The advance payment is under ○○ yen

Since D (Home) did not meet these two conditions, they said they hadn't proposed it.

When I looked up its location, I found that it was close to an interchange on the Tohoku Expressway, which is the other highway we use when going to Tokyo from our home, and it was also close to a train station.
I also found that I could get there in under three hours even without using the highway, so I confirmed that there was no problem at all.

Regarding condition 2 (advance payment under ○○ yen), it is indeed about 1 million yen more than the condition I had set, but having come this far, I suddenly felt D (Home) resurface in my mind, thinking, 'If it shares the same philosophy as T (Home), which I thought was good...'

And when I inquired, it turned out D (Home) also had only one room left...
I told my mother, we discussed trying to get her in there, and I made up my mind that if we couldn't get this one, I would consider it not meant to be, and I contacted the hospital social worker to recommend it to my aunt.

They responded quickly, and yesterday the social worker acted as an intermediary, connecting us via his hospital mobile phone so I could talk to my aunt, and for parts she didn't understand, he acted as an interpreter so my aunt and mother could also talk on the phone.

That is what I told her.

After that, the social worker contacted me an hour after I had spoken to her on the phone.
I was worried that her heart might be wavering again, and as expected,
'Such a high-class facility doesn't suit me,' she seemed to have said, but in the end, he repeated the above points 1, 2, 3, and 4 that I had conveyed,
'If my sister and Keiko-chan think it's okay...'she decided to go.

After that, I immediately contacted the facility referral agent to say that my aunt had made up her mind and to please secure the room.
We were able to secure the last room! ＼(^_^)／

Of course, I think my aunt will continue to have various thoughts.

But today, we received a call from D (Home), and we are starting to move forward by coordinating the discharge date, so I want to support her heart while moving ahead.

Now, I would like to share what I have learned here regarding the advance payment for a paid nursing home.

For example, let's assume the advance payment is 10 million yen.
In that case, there is generally a cooling-off system.
You can use this system within 3 months.
Please see the article below for details.

Also, please see below for the structure and types of nursing home costs.
*It also covers initial amortization.
For example, at a facility that adopts initial amortization, 25% to 30% of the 10 million yen (set by the facility), which is 3 million yen, will be amortized initially, so there will be no refund.

The move-in has been decided, but there are still many challenges.
In the case of an assisted living facility, the advance payment is high, so it is necessary to transfer it from my aunt's assets.

Since I am not her legal guardian, I cannot act as a proxy for bank transactions or similar matters.
Also, I think it is impossible for her to go to the bank herself at this stage.

Therefore, I will need to discuss this with the NPO that my aunt has a pre-death contract with.
I also need to confirm how we will handle the procedures for hospital discharge and moving into the facility.

In addition, there is the work of organizing and checking my aunt's belongings to be taken to the facility.

I would like to write about how to handle those matters and what will happen in the future in my next article.

For now, this was an announcement that my aunt's next facility has been decided.

Thank you for reading again this time.
Thank you very much <m(__)m>

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