[andysandmikesmom]

Just because you have children, that does not mean they are going to take care of you, rather than put you in a nursing home...I have worked in nursing homes for years, and believe me when I say, just about every single senior put there, was put there by their own children...and many of those seniors could have easily been taken care of at home...their own kids just did not want to bother with it...

[glory]

And once again, that is a consequence of a selfish society. I do think some of this has to do with the way these folks are bonded to thier parents. I have some major differences with my folks, but I could never put them in a nursing home unless the illness was so all encompassing that I could not care for them at home. I think what you are probably seeing are the same people who put thier own children in daycare. How do you expect a wife to quit her job for her folks and care for them, when she won't even do it for her own children? Not going to happen. I'm home. I figure I'm caregiver to my children now and in 20 years, I will likely be caregiver for my children as well. My best friend is the same way and her family has already practiced this with dying grandparents and a brother with brain cancer--all cared for at home. There are many of us out here who still do the right thing.