Elders on Home for the Aged Institutions?

Question

Should elders be confined in a home for the aged institution? Why?

Answer 1

You can't answer this with a simple yes or no. Each person is different. Some will hit 90 still going strong and mentally alert,
some will develope dementia, or other medical problems.
Some are only restricted in movement, some restricted by the loss of mental capacity. The family members must decide then if it's feasible for them to remain in their own residence, move in with them or be placed in a facility. My daughter took care of her stepmother as long as she could and then she had to be placed in a hospice as she needed medication and attention 24/7. She moved her father into her home until his cancer reached a level he could not be treated any longer at home. She moved her mother-in-law into her home out of one of her sister-in-laws homes because she felt that her mother-in-law was not being able to rest as they had several small kids and it was like Grand Central Station. Her mother-in-law passed quietly about a month later at my daughters. I really hope it never comes to that, she is such a loving caring person, but I could see the strain it placed on her. She has also said that if either my partner or I need it she will take care of us as she has done for the others. I pray it never comes to that because I saw the strain it placed on her. She has a job that runs about 10 hours a day, two boys and a husband as well as the house to care for. Nursing homes are normally short staffed, and has badly over worked staff. The level of care runs from very good care to nothing short of being a bed to die in. If you are faced with the decision for someone in your family, do the research. Go to the place more than once and at different times. Do not call ahead.
Call the better business bereau, talk to people you see visiting other patients, Find out the doctor in charge and check his credentials, see if he has any malpractice charges.
Check that the registered nurses(R.N.'s) and (L.V.N.'s) Licensed Vocational Nurses, and the aides are certified and are current. When my grandmother needed to be in a home we even talked to the police and fire dept.'s that served the area to see if the home had any problems. Patients wandering off, charges of elder abuse or neglect. The paramedics were the best help because they were the ones moving parients to the area hospitals should they get bad.
The told us that seldom did they see a patient with "bed sores". Being an L.V.N. my self that told me that the patients we not left lying in bed. And the ones they couldn't get up was carefully monitored and their positions changed frequently.
My grandmother did very well there and stayed active until she fell and broke her hip. She was up and using a walker two days later, but she never fully recovered. I took care of my father we were able to hospice him at home until he had a massive heart attact. He passed the next day. I've seen it to often that the elderly are shuffled off to homes because having them in your home or having to go help them in their own home is too much trouble. I've also seen family's that keep the elderly in their homes to the point it ruins the family's relationships, and the patient needed the care that could be done 24/7. So You just have to do what is right for the patient, yourself, and your family.

Answer 2

There is a oriental thought that if in a society where children,women and elders are not cared for and respected,that society can never obtain happiness.I think but for medical reasons and absence of any near family members,no elder and aged person should ever be made to stay in an institution or homes for aged.It's a worst kind of disgrace for a family and concerned people if their elders and aged are forced to stay and lead a lonely life in an home for aged or an institution when they have a full social life of their own.Nature never meant it to be such a cruel life for the most venerable and respected members of our society in the part of the life when they deserved nothing but the best.

Answer 3

Its sad to say but sometimes its needed...........when there is no where else to go to. Each case is very different..........but to grow old with grace should be the objective and no one should be denied that as well as health care..!

Answer 4

yes

because he is the elders

Answer 5

it depends on the situation, i cared for my husband for 12 yrs with dementia it was hard but love for him carried me through, who though would care for me, with no family to do it. ? tomargan.