What Would You Do?

[Marie]

Originally posted by SKEEphistAKAte
I would never place a family member in a nursing home. If I had to, I would hire a live-in nurse before I would place a family member in a nursing home. Nursing home is not an option. I feel like, older family members did all that they could to care for me, so it is my obligation to care for them when they are no longer able to do it for themselves. Of course, some medical conditions require the expertise of nursing staff that is why I would hire an in-home nurse. But to place a family member in a nursing home would feel like shoving off my duty to them to someone else. I's rather have my loved one with me in my home where I can be certain that they are taken care of. Nobody is going to take care of them the way I would as a loved one.

This is pretty much the way that I feel as well. Unless my parents have some significant medical problems that require a skilled professional and 24 hour care to manage, then I will keep them at home with me. I just feel like if I had been born disabled, challenged, or sick in anyway, then they would have done all that they could to care for me themselves. They would not have 'sent me away' or anything like that, unless my life depended on it. I couldn't do any less for them in return.