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I’m so excited to finally pick my mom up and go up to her apartment in MC! However, my feisty mom wants to leave with us when we visit her. When we drop her back off at MC from a fun visit, she gets mad. The caregivers tried to help, but it didn’t work. My mom has mild to moderate vascular dementia. Sometimes we can “trick” and other times it doesn’t work. This last time, I just had to tell her that this is where she has to go because she didn’t like living with us and she can’t live by herself any more.

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Perhaps your mom needs more time to adjust to her new apartment in MC, before family members try and visit. Your profile says she's just been there a couple weeks. I don't know how long ago you made your profile, but most facilities suggest that family stay away for a while, to give their LO time to adjust. And when you do visit, perhaps make it just once a week(which it probably still is with Covid restrictions anyway)so you and her don't have to face the hardship of her wanting to go home with you.
Also I'm not clear if you're physically taking her out and about from the MC, but if that is the case, I would stop that completely for a while, and just visit with her in her apartment. That way you won't have to fight to get back in. Best wishes.
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Call into the building and ask someone to come get Mom. Then exit the car and move toward her building while they come out to help her back in. This may or may not work. But I can't think of any other tricks at the moment. This used to happen to one lady at my bro's ALF. We would be sitting in the gazebo on the grounds, would see the daughter on the phone, then exiting her car with Mom still in it, and walking to her cottage and meeting one of the caregivers, who proceeded out to the car and helped Mom in so she could "Go with Jan and get a snack". They would then sit them both in the common dining and give them a piece of cake and tea. Then the daughter would leave. Seemed a long process, but she said it worked.
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Time to stop the trips outside of her MC.
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I learned the hard way that trips out are really disruptive and upsetting. I suggest you bring in a meal and eat together at her place while visiting there.

I look forward to bringing my mom her favorite chile rellenos again, but I can no longer take her out for them.
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My daughter always told my Mom she needed to go
to work. The word "home" was never used. I would just say, see u later.

I agree, don't take her out. I am really surprised that you are allowed to.
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I'm excited for you too, hugs.

How long is it since you've been able to visit her?
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marcykong Mar 2021
I hadn’t ever seen her apartment since she went into MC last August. However, I hadn’t been able to take her anywhere since November.
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