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Originally Posted by JFK
Its a sad situation, we kept my mother in her home till the last second, putting someone in an impersonal old age home, is pretty cold thing to do  |
old (and sick) people need professional help - about food, cleaning, bedding, medicine etc.
As family you can be mostly an emotional help and do grunt work, but without proper knowledge you can screw things up.
some people have enough space to keep their family member at home and have nurses coming in every day for up to 16 hours, for others thats not possible and then a (good) nursing home can be appropriate.
not every case is the same