why nursing homes become a popular option for many families today?

Question

-most eastern cultures respect the elderly.
-nursing homes should not be seen in negative light.
-many reasons nursing home is an option.
-example: -reasons parents are sent to nursing home.
- advantages of nursing home

Answer 1

In all cultures the elderly have been respected and venerated. It was always the place of the immediate family to care for their elderly. The primary caregiver was the mother although all of the family gave of their time and resources. Then as it became necessary for women to work outside of the home as it happened during World War II in the United States of America, women no longer had the time to care for the elderly parent or grandparent.

What happened then was that many of the elderly remained in their own homes. As they aged and became frail in infirm they had falls or medication errors and died unnecessarily in their homes. There was an outcry about the elder care and nursing homes became covered by insurance and Medicare.

Then medicine advanced to the point where the average life span increased. However this did not guarantee that the life span would be free from the frailties of old age or that long term medical help would not be needed. Close supervision with nursing skills would be required. Long term hospitilization was not the answer, nor was having a skilled nurse come into the home. A middle ground, the nursing home seemed to fulfill the need.

The elderly or infirm can be housed in a nursing home and receive the skilled nursing care they require or even 24 hour supervision. It relieves the anxiety the family feels over making sure that their loved ones will not fall without no one there to help them or that they will harm themselves with a medication error.

As the baby boom generation continues to age, we will see more nursing homes coming into existence with the corresponding need of skilled nurses and aides. Nursing home financial needs will be a consideration in formulating insurance policies including Medicare. Nursing homes have chronic problems, but so far they are the best solution available for long term care of the elderly.

Answer 2

Eastern Cultures usually take care of their own elderly. Western cultures are consumed with the finer things in life and that does not include taking care of the elderly. It's easier to pack them off for someone else to take care of. The nursing homes work for profit, they are always understaffed and usually not very well investigated for care and the hired employee background is not thoroughly investigated. That is why they are seen in such a negative view. Do a better background check and have less problems. Too many people with unacceptable background history are hired to be caregivers. The only way to be sure of what is being hired, would be a lie detector test or truth serum! Like anyone would stand for that! Especially the ACLU. The ACLU would put the right of the potential "CRUEL" caregiver first instead of the care of the elderly..
It's a 'No Win' situation for the elderly....

Answer 3

Nursing homes that are government accredited are a safe and secure way for people to be cared for when they no longer can live an independent life. Some families are able, and happy to care for their elderly relatives, but with most adults working, people simply dont have the time to do so. Most elderly people, who know their children cant, or wont care for them when they become feeble, should look into preparing for their own later years. It is much better to choose your own retirement home, then to have someone else do it for you.!

Answer 4

I believe that hush now has your most complete answer to you question. Keep in mind that a number of nursing home patients are not elderly. The goverment has slightly over 1 million medicaid beds (low income), but only about 650,000 for the elderly (medicare or dual funded)

www.efmoody.com/longterm/
nursingstatistics.html

A large number of people are in nursing homes at a younger age related to conditions for defects at birth or chronic damage from injury, illness, or abuse leading to disability. Some of these people would probably not survive very long in the home setting, but western culture values the extension of life, if not, sometimes it's quality. Some of these people have such issues with pain, frail bones, or special monitoring that is beyond a home setting, but have quality if there needs are met. There is, unfortunately, a number of people that have issues with mental health or substance abuse (or both) that could became too great of an emotional strain or endangerment to others or themselves that staying in a home setting would dangerous. It is simple to think of all the sweet little gramps locked away in a isolated room and how they would never do that to "paw-paw". But sometime "paw-paw" is a 60 year old 6'1" dementia patient that is more then willing to physically attack anyone, including your child, that will not bring him his pudding NOW. Or screams at the top of their lung for hours on end until you ask them what is wrong, they sweetly say "nothing" and go back to screaming. Or repeatedly sets fires in your house. It is very easy to go to a facility to visit or consider a situation and go tsk..tsk. It is much harder to consider that "but for the grace of God" there goes me or mine.

Answer 5

My sister works in a nursing home, there are many reasons why people (elderly & special needs) - busy lives, 2 income families, medical reasons being number 1, it is a shame - but if you have great people working in there - they get a lot of special attention.

Answer 6

Most people do not put their parents in nursing homes. But more and more people are suffering from Alzheimer's disease and an advanced case is impossible to live with unless you can afford round the clock nursing care. Also some people are so disabled that they can not look after their personal care, and do not want their children doing it for them. For people who raised children that are as selfish as the ones you described, I can not help but wonder if they were really as unselfish and caring as most parents are when they were raising these selfish children. I also see a lot of people neglecting their children. It may be a case of what comes around goes around.