I Came Home From Qatar and Found My Mother Locked in a Room—Then I Lifted Her Mattress and Found an Insurance File in My Name Dated Two Days in the Future

That belief helped trap us.

If we had evaluated reputable rehabilitation or assisted-living options openly, maybe Rose would have had trained staff, oversight and other people around.

Maybe.

We cannot rewrite history.

But I stopped using:

family care

as a synonym for:

better care.