[Overtaxed]

That's one reason I dreaded visiting my grandmother in the rest home. Our family had it set up so someone visited her every day for several years. There was only one lady I remember who had her husband visit every day. When the rest home staff commpliment you on visiting often, you just have to wonder.....

[HairOfTheDog]

I visited nursing homes with my Zulu dog when she was alive, and many of those old folks had no one visiting. We didn't send our grandparents to nursing homes, we cared for them at home till the end. It is no small concern that I may not have anyone to do that for us. It isn't the task usually accepted by nieces and nephews.