when you grow old do you want to stay in a nursing home? or with your family?
By eicachei
@eicachei (17)
Philippines
October 3, 2008 2:40pm CST
now a days, nursing homes are just one of the biggest home care business in different countries, preferably in UK, USA, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, and etc. it's because their population are more decreasing in adolescence and increasing in elders.
others families wants their grandparents stays in a nursing home because they cannot monitor them from time to time and cannot take care of it because they are workaholic person to earn a living, while other countries particularly in the Philippines are not in favor in putting their grandparents to an institution, instead they want their grandparents to stay with them until their dying days. one of the reason is their family culture, while others are very practical in mind.
as for me, if ever i do have a family of my own, ill see to it that when i get old i want to stay with my family were i belong, because staying in a nursing home care is a very difficult matter. you may feel abandoned by your love ones or you may feel loneliness and loveless that no one loves you and cares for you.
happiness is in the family not in the care home.
what about you?
3 responses
@sudalunts (5523)
• United States
3 Oct 08
Just because you get old does not mean you should stay in a nursing home. Most people in nursing homes are sick and can not take care of themselves. Not all older people are sick, and there are many that can take of themselves, and manage on their own.
When I get old, if I am capable and not sick, I would like to continue to live on my own. If I am sick, I would rather be home as well, maybe have a homehealth aide come in a take care of my needs and maybe a nurse to give me my meds.
@rosey2006 (945)
• United States
11 Jun 10
I have worked in nursing homes in the US and would not recommend that anyone send there family members there until there is no other option. As a nursing assistant I had 12 residents who I was to take care of on a daily basis. Most of my residents needed full care and I just did not have the time to do it properly. I usually had to get at least 6 residents in a hour for breakfast. That is ten minutes a resident but that does not include call lights going off and having high fall risk residents trying to get out of bed on their own.
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
6 Nov 08
I hope I will be able to stay in my own home when I grow old. One of my grandmothers still lives alone in her own apartment. She is 91 years old and she cooks, cleans and does all the other household duties by herself. I wish I could be like that when I grow old, then I wouldn't have to live in a nursing home.
I have worked in different nursing homes myself and I have seen some great places where I wouldn't mind living, but I have also seen some nursing homes where I definately wouldn't want to live. I guess my conclusion is that I would prefer not to live in a nursing home but if it was a nice place, with a good atmosphere etc I could accept living there.
In my country it is no longer common to live with your family when you grow old, but in the old days things were different.
