California’s Expanding Care Options for Boomers With Dementia — but Still Falling Short of the Need

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Sharron Evans with nephew Rob Lyman at the assisted-living facility where she resides. Photo by Robbie Short/CALmatters

By David Gorn, CALmatters

Rob Lyman of Redwood City didn’t know what to do. He was helping his aunt, Sharron Evans, who had early-onset Alzheimer’s disease and needed constant supervision. A former teacher, she had run out of money and had no income.

She qualified for government health care assistance, but it appeared she would have to go to the only setting that would be covered: a nursing home.

“Basically that’s a hospital setting, and that was our only choice,” Lyman said. To him, that didn’t make sense.

Read the complete story at CALmatters.

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