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Anyone that thinks their loved one is better off in some home than at the home of a loved one is either lying to themselves or misinformed.
Your loved one is absolutely not getting 24/7 care, nor are they protected from much of anything. The best of them are not a fit place to put your loved one.
People fall all the time in nursing homes. Sometimes a fall leads to death in the elderly. Accidents happen. Indifference happens. Abuse happens. Sexual abuse happens.Both by staff and patient on patient abuse. Bullying happens. Med mistakes happen. Loneliness and hurt hearts happen.
Even in well run facilities all this and more happens. Why would you wish to take the chance even one of these would happen to your loved one?
When we had a house full of kids we changed things to permit my staying at home till the youngest were in school. It was very challenging, but it's what we felt was best.
We did the same when mom needed to live with us the last eight years of her life. It took sacrifing a lot of things, but we lived through it and we get to live life without that particular regret.
Your loved one is absolutely not getting 24/7 care, nor are they protected from much of anything. The best of them are not a fit place to put your loved one.
People fall all the time in nursing homes. Sometimes a fall leads to death in the elderly. Accidents happen. Indifference happens. Abuse happens. Sexual abuse happens.Both by staff and patient on patient abuse. Bullying happens. Med mistakes happen. Loneliness and hurt hearts happen.
Even in well run facilities all this and more happens. Why would you wish to take the chance even one of these would happen to your loved one?
When we had a house full of kids we changed things to permit my staying at home till the youngest were in school. It was very challenging, but it's what we felt was best.
We did the same when mom needed to live with us the last eight years of her life. It took sacrifing a lot of things, but we lived through it and we get to live life without that particular regret.