Assisted Living for Deaf Seniors: A Painful Personal Story with MJ Grant

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Assisted living for deaf seniors is limited in the United States. MJ Grant shares her dilemma of moving her mother into an assisted living memory care knowing that she would face inequities.
For the past couple of years, I have been following and sharing the story of MJ Grant and her experience with caring for her mom, Carmen, who is deaf and living with dementia. A couple of months ago, MJ made the painful decision to move Carmen into a Memory Care community and shares the painful experience of moving her mother into a community with no fluent ASL signers.
In this brief video, MJ shares the dilemma she faced when making the decision to move her mother into assisted living and the painful experience of witnessing countless inequities deaf people face.
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@user-fd1uc7oy7f 10 месяцев назад

Been there, felt your pain, still feel the pain. CODA's carry this forever!! My Father passed away in 2019 from dementia and I had to make the exact same decisions and have the same raw emotions as MJ. My Father was like a prisoner in his own country. Deprived of language, isolated and alone everyday while in a nursing facility for hearing people. Imagine, sitting in a foreign country where you can not communicate with anyone, where you can not have any one talk to you. Imagine being language deprived!! That is what Deaf persons in hearing healthcare facilities go thru. It is a shame ! Its embarrassing! and it needs to change!! No one knows the pain of what is feels like to leave your deaf parent with dementia alone in a hearing facility every night when you go home. Only a CODA would know. Big Hugs to you MJ!!! You are doing the right thing. You are not alone!.

@Scott-ir2ph Год назад

I watch yours and feels that it's mothering and daughtering that shows deep of cared.❤

@kellihancock2932 Год назад

I will continue to Pray for your Mom and pray for set up Assisted Living for Deaf Senior and I work for Assisted Living and Idepence Living for 3yrs 4month now .. I wish your mom were there I would love to chat with your mom but you and your mom live far from me I live in Marietta, Ga ... God be with you and your Mom 🤟

@darlenemurin4177 2 года назад

I pray for your mom be comfortable where she needs & be happy everyday of her paths..

@RubenRodriguez-cv6fi 2 года назад

Hello, I saw the video your sentence the right and as they won't be the deaf of personal to people some don't like study learn skill job of business company. If you know they feel no like how community person of the deaf. But if need America of state government important to learn person the job and paper writer only or person the interpreter only. At the DMV they say not like the deaf in the world always. Maybe like the ignorant to the Deaf Customer / with hearing people. Humans all the deaf, blind anything to do. You are your family only. I know it there. We need to take time for our patients with the time update of going home/worker/ market food and the family in the world only. You understand clearly. No think school kids is not want to learn the word Deaf / Hard of hearing. Why I am experienced in America of The Deaf Groups. Well, you experience talking with the team deaf program only. Thank you for using the video for us. You very obey on-time updates. Saving your life. Never pour it stop forget it decide yourself.

@eleanormyers2079 Год назад

I am so sorry of what you go through seeing your beloved mom residing in memory care. Also you discover many things are inaccessible to deaf senior person. You can ask for VRI services if interpreters are not available. I never thought of visiting deaf in nursing homes. I find out for myself. Ok thanks for sharing.

@ChristopherAnayaSr 2 года назад

I read your story about assistant nursery for deaf senior citizens. I will be asking my son who is Medical Doctor and Coda about new program of assistant nursing for deaf senior citizens and hearing senior citizens. You ask community college or university to help hearing nurses to learn ASL Class.

@terriromanowicz3414 Год назад

Hi this is Terri , same me either too. My family we’re hearing, when my mom and dad gone then not much holidays sad! I disappointed I wanna coal family together reunion as reunions picnic …..also 👍🏻👍🏻 home care comes here with an interpreters after surgery till get healing. But my old son is very fluent ASL he is his dependent free not busy. That’s wonderful in Minnesota for an appointments doctors and hospitals. I need hugs i prayer but I glad happy ada successfully 🤟🏻

@barrawynn7166 2 года назад

You are not all alone there is more community not yours fault well I agree with you that what you need to be socialization.

@dianesouder7504 2 года назад

I am deaf and my age is 60. I just learned that I have mild cognitive impaired. Before covid I visited 2 deaf male patients at nurse homes in Pittsburgh, PA area regularly. I did not know them very well but they were able to communicate with me very well. Eventually we became friends. Two men expressed how they felt about missed his their friends. They kept saying I missed my friends at the deaf club. No one came to see me. Naturally my heart was broken. Maybe in your hometown and see if your mother's friends who can visit your mother. pray for you and your mother.

@larareynolds700 2 года назад

Good evening, my heart breaks seeing your story. I am a caregiver who is learning to become a better signer. I have been looking to see how to reach deaf elderly to help assist. I am currently with an agency however they never have deaf client. Any suggestions where to look.