Would you feel comfortable with putting your loved ones in a nursing home?

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  1. Would you feel comfortable with putting your loved ones in a nursing home?

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It is an inevitable course we are on. One day, most of our parents will wind up in a nursing home. Their care just becomes too demanding for their children who have jobs and families and simply not enough time to handle it all. I have seen a lot of guilt from family members over the years for doing this, yet the decisions they made are no fault of their own. Would you feel comfortable with putting your loved ones in a nursing home?

Specializes in Long term care, L and D.

As a former nursing home nurse...NO WAY in a million years. Despite the number of wonderful nurses that may work in LTC (in my experience most of the nurses in LTC aren't so wonderful) they cannot control a corporations desire for a good profit. Here in NM we have 30 patients that are freshly D/C'd from the hospital and that is WAY too many! Hints the change in jobs....

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Specializes in Geri, psych, TCU, neuro--AKA LTC.

I can honestly say that if I could place my mom in the facility where I work, she'd drive me crazy :uhoh3: , but I'd see her more than if she was anywhere else.

I had the honor of caring for my DON's mom for the last couple years of her life. I learned a lot about how great our staff are during her stay.

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
Here in NM we have 30 patients that are freshly D/C'd from the hospital and that is WAY too many! Hints the change in jobs....
And when an elderly person is freshly discharged from the hospital, their typical destination is the skilled Medicare unit of a nursing home. Their time at the hospital has run out, but they're simply still too sick to return home.
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I work in a nursing home. They are not the evil place they once were. Residnet's now have rights and nursing homes have to respect those rights. I have seen many people have a huge issue with placing their loved one. Guilt, worry, shame, feeling as if they abandoned them. Fact is when their loved ones come in they are often dirty, bed sores, wound issues, acute conditions, malnutrition, etc. Nursing homes right away start to clean them up. In a month you often dont even recognize the person. I have to say they are often doing so much better. That being said if you are thinking of putting you loved on in a nursing home check the place out first. Ask a nurse or CNA do you like working here? If they say yes it is a good place. If they say no stay away. I love where I work. Residents get excellent care there to. Some nursing homes are A++. Check them put first go with your gut. :redbeathe

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No. Even though most of nursing homes take a really good care of the patients, I prefer to take care of them.

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I work in a nursing home. They are not the evil place they once were. Residnet's now have rights and nursing homes have to respect those rights.

Maybe some are wonderful, but far from all and not the one I experienced thus far. Respecting rights of patients who are unable to complain about those rights or lack there of is up to interpretation unfortunately. I've seen some things I'd rather not see and corners cut due to financial issues/corporate greed that made me think I'd rather be dead than live the way those people ended up as a direct result to cut backs

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Specializes in PACU, ED.

As a nation we are not comfortable with our own mortality. That is a big driver for the industry that provides a place to slowly decline once we are no longer able to live on our own. I respect people's right to chose that option but it's not an option I can live with. I currently have no chronic maladies but already have an advanced directive, MPOA, HPOA, and my MPOA supports my desire of no code, no feeding tube, etc.

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