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One Response to “Legal Limits of Care in Assisted Living Facilities”

1. Jesse U Says:
   

   I hate how this article says if your parents are declining physically and mentally than a nursing home is the ONLY choice! Yes assisted living facilities might not be appropriate, but one could take care of the parent in their home. Especially, in the case of Alzheimer's we took care of my Grandmother for 8 years in the home. At times she didn't know who my mom was, thought my dad was her father, and eventually needed diapers. When she stopped being able to feed herself or walk and at the same time my father's parkinsons got worse she went to a home BUT we visited her 3 times a week and she had a nurse to herself. WIthout paying for a 24 hour nurse Grandmother was put in a straightjacket and had mysterious bruising!. She spent 8 months in the home with her own nurse and then died from problems coordinating breathing and swallowing. When we put her in the home she was only capable of making animal noises and could not sit up. We would not have done it otherwise. We painted grandmom's nails and kept her hair nice during her time there. We gave her stuffed animals to rub. My father is in his 90's and has Parkinson's he has had it for 11 years. So far mom, my sister, and I help him out. Eventually we will bring in help, but he will always stay in the home. He goes for walks in the pool and does 15 minute work outs several times a day. He makes his own decisions and has complete dignity. My Grandfather from another mother was taken by his nasty kids and put in a hospital where he stopped eating. They told me he was old and he wanted to die. I visited him and he said, "are you stupid Squirt? I told them I wanted to be taken out of my home in a coffin. I love my home and your nana. I didn't want to eat because I thought they would let me go home if I did a hunger strike now I have no desire to eat. He died two months after being admited. He had no health problems, but was old and at a risk for falling. That was the only reason they locked him up. That and that they wanted revenge on my Nana. Later an aunt told me now the old $*&^% is alone. They split up my grandparents and killed my Grandpa to get back at their mom. They weren't married so thats how they were able to do it. Nursing homes are SOMETIMES the solution, but they are not the ONLY solution for most people.

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