Miguel Moreno, 70, was the family patriarch so it was a difficult decision when his daughters had to place him in memory care.
Moreno’s daughters, Mina Hernandez and Adriana Moreno, had to get creative in moving their father to an assisted living facility in Tucson.
“I recall driving super slow,” said Hernandez, “He loved a filet sandwich from McDonald’s, so we went through the drive-thru so that he could have something yummy to eat.”
The sisters arrived at Park Senior Villas, La Canada on July 31, 2023, where they said they found a facility that was going to help him with a higher level of care for his dementia.
abc15 “He was my best friend,” Hernandez said.
Hernandez said he got out of the facility two days after he arrived at the La Canada location.
“ He got out of the gate, which was one of the most reassuring pieces of the facility that we have chosen because there’s big wrought iron gates,” she said.
Her sister, Adriana, received a call that day that a worker from the care home was following him and working to get him back to his new home.