Have any of you ever made the tough decision to either have to place your parents in a nursing home or have decided to care for them in your home?
And I am referring to the point where you have to take care of their physical needs too. Diapers..baths..feeding..etc.
After taking care of my father at home for 3 years, I finally placed him in a nursing home and the guilt is killing me. He is 86, and although he has been there 2 years he still wants to come home. I only see him on Sundays, but I do bring him home for dinner, and he sometimes spends the night, but then I avoid him for the rest of the week because of the guilt.
But I still feel selfish. I know someday I will regret this. But I'm not happy with him at home, and I'm not happy with him in a nursing home. I feel so frustrated, but I can't see a good answer to this.
I live alone and have to work, so when the caregivers leave at the end of the day it would only be me.
2007-09-16
08:16:50
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