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I'm against nursing homes. I see them as places people put relatives that they don't want to take care of anymore. My grandmother was in several (3, I believe)nursing homes before my mother decided to move her back to her house and hire in-house nurses and aids. Most nursing homes are understaffed. Half of the time, we'd end up feeding my grandmother, changing her (she suffered a stroke), etc. Whenever we wanted to speak to a doctor, either we'd see a different one who had no updates from the previous doctor that saw her or we'd "just miss him".
What did it was I went to visit my Nana and she had a knot on her forehead. When I asked about it, of course no one had noticed or knew how she got it. It got to the point where somebody had to be with my grandmother 24 hours a day. So, instead of wasting insurance money on the nursing home, my mom hired a sitter, nurses, and a physical therapist for my grandmother. She spent the 2 years of her life right where she wanted to be...at her house surrounded by family.
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