Originally Posted by
tickle
Here in Ontario we have retirement homes that are specified 'assisted living' whereby seniors can live in a community, have their meals in a dining room, have their own room and come and go and have their meds monitored by an RN. This is the ideal situation if it can be afforded ($3000) per month. Usually there is a semi nursing home attached to this where, if they lose their mobility, become senile, etc. they are moved over to it.
You know, sometimes it becomes necessary to place a senior in a nursing home because of family situations, money problems, etc. At times it is stressful for one older child to caregive, work and tend to children and then that decision has to be reached. We call it the sandwich generation where parents are 'sandwiched' between elder parents and children and jobs. You have to realize that in order to look after an elder parent, one of the family has to give up a job,thereby losing income, stay home or hire someone to come in full time.