Would You Put Your Old ones In A Nursing Home

I had to. My mother, suffering from Alzheimer's, required 24/7 care. And I do mean 24/7 - she could not be left alone safely for two minutes in an ordinary house. It simply was not possible to look after her and have, for example, a job with which to support my family.

No way, not ever! My parents have never given up on me and i will never give up on them. I would have them come live with me instead and take care of them as they once took care of me when i was at my most vunerable. I couldn't put them in a place like that, i've read the most horiffic stories and i wouldn't have them become another statistic.

I have already told my children that if they ever put me in a nursing home, I will raise so much hell that they will throw me out!

If the person suffered from Alzheimer's or dementia and required round the clock care, I would have to, because I couldn't hold down a job to support us all. Keeping them at home isn't very helpful when you have no source of no income and end up losing that home. But I would try to find a humane nursing home or assisted living facility.

Only if they or we couldn't take care of them anymore.

Having to work so much and being away form home so much, that seems like a better alternative than having someone living with me, unless there was another family member that could be home with the older relative all the time.

No it's charity store, garage sale or garbage in that order for me.

If we're talking about elderly relatives, I think free choice is most important and I mean really free.
I think thro-out my life they always struggled to maximize my choices.
That choice has to be maintained and available continuously as situations may alter.
Visitation and companionship are crucial, whichever environment.
Care home standards have to be maintained and the interest of relatives is a required incentive crucial to that.

Not unless I had no other choice. As long as they are not a danger to me, my daughter or themselves I would allow them to live with me IF they couldn't live on their own with assistance. However I work sometimes 7 days a week long hours and have a small daughter. So I have to consider all those things. It's not always advisable to try it at home and you have no choice.

NEVER!! The little old lady can live me.

NO
There are to many other ways these days. Including in home nurses and so on.

I have an aunt and uncle in a nursing home. They love it there and look much healthier. :)

With most of my grandparents, they stayed at home until the day they died. The relatives all pitched in to trade off with care. One of my grandmothers needed to be in a nursing care facility because she had mental illnesses that made it impossible for us to care for her at home.

Thanks for the question :)

If it was absolutely impossible to give them the care that they deserved, I'd have no qualms about doing so, because it would be in their best interests, if I could not give them the best possible care on my own.

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Only if there were no other options. That would be really difficult to do.

With my grandmother, we all thought we would not have too. My aunts and uncles worked first and second shift, so someone was always there. Two of my aunts are nurses. Eventually it just became overwhelming and we had to admit her.

My grandma put my grandpa in a 24 hour care place when his alzhimer got to much for her to manage on her own. She spent about 4 days a week at his place from sunrise to sundown. And when he finally got to the point where Hospice took over, she brought him home. Fast forward 16 years and she had a major stroke. I stopped everthing and moved 450 miles to go move into her town to help take care of her. I couldn't physically take care of her, lifting her, etc. but I helped her best I could whenever I wasn't working. It was the best I could do and I'll never regret that.

I would not. My grandmother passed away almost 2 years ago after a long battle with Alzheimers. She required 24 hour care and I'm very happy to say that my mother and I were able to give it to her right up until the very end. We made lots of sacrifices but it's something that I don't regret. She never gave up on us and made sacrifices for us so why not return the favor?

I do every I could not to.

NO. NEVER. I promised both parents that they would never see the inside of one as an inmate. And they won't.