Re: Nursing Home Death Camp

[Nita Andres <nandres@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I had to put my mother in a nursing home, an action I had
been putting off for too
long. I had had 24 hours a day care at home and we could not
afford that any longer. It was very difficult to do, for her
and for me.

Since I saw it coming and lived 250 miles away , I took the
time to carefully research the homes near there. It did take
a while but I found one 4 miles from the small town she
lived in. I think this looking and thinking about what I was
going to do. I did not think it would be wise to move her
far from her friends or even the names of the towns around.
It would have been like taking her out of the country.

As it turned out, she was happier and less afraid there. She
too had hallucinations, though she did not have PD. I never
in my live did anything better for her. There were many
people there some in reasonably good shape and some not. The
thing that seems most important now was the companionship
and entertainment  she had there. It was good for her to
have company and something to do. I thought I would just
throw this in the discussion , because it worked out better
than I expected. I think it was the research I did that
helped.

Nita Andres
CG David