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Absolutely brilliant. Then they did not belong there in the first place. If there was ever a test for mental issues This should override it fully. Someone’s kid said “I am too lazy to deal with it” and put them in there. It happens all the time. three of my kids are Nurses in resthomes. 60% of the folks in these units are only there because their kids do not want to cramp their own party lifestyles.

Just no respect or appreciation for elders anymore... It is a greedy selfish immoral display of society.

there’s two sides to every story.
My husband would have been happy to bring his mother to live with us- but not lift a finger to take care of her.
That would have been on me- and no way I would have as she treated me so poorly when i was around her.
She went to a nursing home after getting herself into 135,000 in debt. She lost a paid off house. No one knows where the money went.
I don’t think i should have been punished because she lived irresponsibly.

That has happened to me.

Because of depression after being forced to move to Canada, I began drinking.

Went into the hospital over a year ago. They finally discharged me; the wait was long because my husband was looking for a place for me to live.

At first, I will be the first to admit that I was not well.

But after a year of pretty much sobriety (husband took control of my bank accounts so I have little to spend), I am not the same person. I am capable of managing my work and affairs.

Getting my power back will be an uphill battle. Have to see a psychiatrist and “health care professionals”...who have my life in their hands.

Please pray for me. It’s my only hope.

That is true.., my sons SO made the decision to keep her mother in one after she had done a rehab after surgery.. There is no reason for the woman to be there, she is oriented and communicates well, needs a little help getting around, nothing that a home health aide couldnt handle.. ..but that would require the daughter to find help and make arragements and cover for the aide if she couldnt make it.. KARMA can be a B*tch

Absolutely brilliant. Then they did not belong there in the first place. If there was ever a test for mental issues This should override it fully. Someone’s kid said “I am too lazy to deal with it” and put them in there. It happens all the time. three of my kids are Nurses in resthomes. 60% of the folks in these units are only there because their kids do not want to cramp their own party lifestyles.
Just no respect or appreciation for elders anymore... It is a greedy selfish immoral display of society.

Elderly people with mental decline can have lucid moments, but still can't care for themselves, etc. I had a relative who escaped from the home by sneaking out at the shift change. This person managed to get the police to drive her to her old home, which had been sold by then. A neighbor informed the police of the situation, and the individual was returned to the home. The Police were a bit embarrassed. It's always better for people to care for their loved ones at home as long as possible, but not everyone can do that.

I once spent some time at a home for the elderly. There was a lovely lady there. According to the nursing staff her son brought her there one day and promised he would be back for dinner. The son never returned that night or anytime later. That was more than a year earlier.