Mom's friend is moving out :(

My mom has middle stage Alzheimer's and lives in a board and care home. While she's recieving excellent care, the only downside is that the other residents are more advanced than she is. All except 2 others- one woman has Parkinsons and is verbal, but mostly hangs out in her room. And the other is another woman who also has middle stage Alzheimer's.

My mom and her get along so well because they're cognitively at similar levels. They're always sitting next to each other watching tv in the living room. Sometimes they hold hands. This woman is such a ray of sunshine- always smiling and overall has a positive attitude. She also has a large family who visits her daily. These people are so kind to my mom. They always greet her and ask how she's doing. They have a dog they bring that my mom enjoys petting. Their visits have become part of mom's routine.

Well today when I visited I noticed they were taking boxes out to their car. Surely enough it's because Sunday will be her last day 💔

I'm pretty saddened over this. Not because I think mom will be sad- she may be for a little while, but eventually she'll forget. But because this woman kept her company and cognitively stimulated her. Now she only has one other person to talk to, other than staff.

I pray the next resident to move in will be at least verbal. But there's no guarantee 😥 I'm starting to think maybe I'll need to visit mom more just to keep her cognitively stimulated.

It's such a bummer.