Why, or why not?
I would care for mine. Nursing homes leave a lot to be desired.
2006-10-17 03:02:33 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
I would care for mine. That way I'd know they were being taken care of properly.
2006-10-17 03:10:03 · answer #1 · answered by Nico 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I agree...Nursing Homes are often nothing more that a roof, some food, and $7k out of your pocket every month.
My experience shows that the elderly rarely get ample (paid-for) care. If they refuse food, it's simply put by the door, where they may or may not be able to get later. They often go a week without a bath or a change of clothes. Laundry often is mixed up with others. I have even found my realtive lying in there urine for hours.
Nurses rarely follow the treatment plan, and document care even less. Difficult patients often are conveniently overlooked, or have a new orderly sent to help, rather than the nurse.
On top of this, family rarely wants bothered with the elderly...many, many old folk never see their children, but once a quarter. It's a shame, both on the home and on those families that ought to be there every week, and are not.
That said, the homes do have nursing care on staff, something that care in your may may not. The care of the elderly is a full time job...in some respects more exhausting than infants. Care in the home, due to working family members or cost of in home nurses, may make personal care of your loved ones impossible in your home.
We cared for our family in a nice nursing home nearby, and visited 1x or 2x times a week. We bathed her, changed her clothes, cleaned her room, and visited. We did her laundry. We were active with her care, and it made a world of difference. I have no regrets...we did the best thing for her.
By the way, I also learned during this experience that my grandmother - in her needy state - was continuing to help me. You see, she was giving me an opportunity to serve her - she gave so much opf herself for me in her younger years - and I served the Lord, too. In this way I was blessed...she never stopped giving. I wish more absent family caregivers would realize this and step up to their responsibilities, rather than view care as a time-consuming burden that interferes with their self-centered lives.
2006-10-20 11:38:29 · answer #2 · answered by BowtiePasta 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would care for them myself...My parents took care of me when I grew up and when they get to where they can't care for themselves then its my turn to take care of them. Plus I have always promised them ever since I have known what a nursing home was that no matter what they would ever be put there. And I will forever keep that promise to them.
I have worked in a nursing home for a year as a cna and I see so many people admit their family and walk off and leave them. Even though I wouldn't put my family member in a nursing home, I continue my job because I feel that it is rewarding. Most people there don't have anyone to talk with or care for them and when you listen to them or lend them a helping hand their eyes light up with joy and it makes it all worth while.
2006-10-17 20:52:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My grandmother stays in a retirement community where it's pretty much like an apartment complex, but there is a nursing staff if needed and they are provided with lunch and dinner every day if they want it. She's 83 and fit as a fiddle, and if and when that changes, I'd take care of her if I could. There are some good nursing homes and good alternatives to them too :)
2006-10-17 10:17:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I know it's not the nicest choice,but I'd have to say nursing home. I've got a full family in my home already. Plus,I did that caring for my grandmother-in-law thing for like a year-it SUCKED!!!!! Of course,I would check all of them out very well before I made a decision which one to use.
2006-10-17 10:15:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I would do everything I could to care for my loved ones, I couldn't imagine leaving it to someone else, that is my job. They took care of me growing up, so it will be my job to take care of them when they no longer can.
2006-10-17 13:21:54 · answer #6 · answered by la_southern_femme 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I can honestly say, I don't know. My grandma died earlier this year, and she was in a home at the time. She seemed to be happy there. I haven't spent much time dwelling on the subject.
2006-10-17 10:22:08 · answer #7 · answered by Diesel Weasel 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nursing home.
2006-10-17 11:38:16 · answer #8 · answered by Judas Rabbi 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I already do this and an assisted care facility is the way we have to go
2006-10-17 10:11:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it depends on my ability to take care of them and if i could afford maybe someone to help me, and since i am in the healthcare industry i think i would rather my mom stay with me, but far away in the house
2006-10-17 10:20:49 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋