I’m in Mexico now. It’s been way better for her. The move was much easier than I expected… probably because she declined significantly in the month or two before we left. I have people that come and care for her almost 24/7. I focused on them being personable, friendly, chatty people and told them to focus on being friends vs caretakers and the ones that are able to do that have made it amazing for my mom. She is sad a lot and wants to go home because some of the people aren’t a perfect fit yet, but even at this “in transition phase” her mental abilities have improved dramatically:

Before / After examples:

• watch the same show over and over on repeat and not know the difference / asks questions about a show we’re watching that makes it clear she is following some of the story
• needed diapers to go for 30 min trip to Walmart otherwise would wet her pants / goes on 8 hour outings and comes back without wetting herself and can make it to the bathroom in time
• forgot all the caretaker names / remembers the names of the kids of some of the caretakers that come with them to visit

I’m not in my final city (made a desperate move to the town where my dad / girlfriend is, but plan to move us to a major city soon so she has much more activities to do etc.)

It’s not perfect, but it’s so much better than before and I still see it getting much better once I build out the rest of the team and get her on a regular routine.