Comments on: by Laura Garcia

By: student

student — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:07:05 +0000

In other countries, nursing homes do not even exist. In the middle east the older children in a household take turns caring for the elderly. Having your folks around should not be viewed as a ‘burden’, although that is the typical American consensus. If there is a serious medical condition I can see the need for possibly a care center but outside of that, your parents gave you life and raised you, the least you can do is help them in their elderly years. Nursing homes, from what I have seen, are morbid and depressing places; not where I want my parents spending the rest of their elderly years.
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By: student

student — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:00:44 +0000

I am glad that my subject interested you. As a society we all have different customs, values and believes, and of course, each of us has their own opinion. Also, there are different scenarios. Sometimes they have serious functional or cognitive disabilities or medical problems and they will require professional medical care.In this case, maybe we wouldn’t have more options, but also keep in mind that they took care of us when we needed them, they gave us live, so why not take care of them when they need us.

By: regina szy

regina szy — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:17:36 +0000

While thinking nursing homes can be bad keep in mind how hard, time consuming, and costly having live in parents, or grand parents can be. If you as a home care giver become stressed financially,emotionally, perhaps even resentful. What kind of care will you be providing? I don’t believe as a society we have “cast out” our elderly, there just becomes a time. I have had my mother living with me a year and 8 months an my grand mother (age 90) for 8 months. This has been a wonderful thing, but they have lived their lives free of the burden (and it can be). Shouldn’t we be able to do the same? I have already made the request to my son (old enough to understand) to PLEASE put me in a nursing home. I would never want him to spend his adult life caring for me.