Commented on a discussion 5/13/2009 at 4:22 pm
This is a good article, and everyone knows their own situations and what they can handle. However, there's a difference between not putting people in a nursing home, and promising to personally provi
...Read MoreThis is a good article, and everyone knows their own situations and what they can handle. However, there's a difference between not putting people in a nursing home, and promising to personally provide all their care for them. My grandparents were promised they would never go to a nursing home, and as a family, we stuck to that. With all the outside health care options available, we still did all that we could, and got the help with what we couldn't do. It was good for my children to spend some time with their great-grandparents without the discomfort of being in a facility. It also made it easier for frequent visits from other people, because they were actually visiting a house they knew, not a facility. Of course it wasn't easy, but it's not always easy to keep a promise. Please be mindful, I'm not speaking against anyone who did put someone in a facility. As I said before, we know what we can handle.