Dementia…

Dawn,
Great post, brought up more than I had thought of. When I go to the nursing home I also get so depressed, never want my mother to have to go there. But she is 85 (sharp as a tack mentally,) & if she were to have a stroke or need a lot of physical care, not sure how we would handle it. I am left pretty disabled & even my husband has a bad back, but it would break my heart if I had to put her there. With his mother it is different, she doesn’t even know where she is, or really who we are when we go there. But my mom took care of me for 9 months when I came out of Mayo…

It would be nice if somehow families could band together & take care of mom & dad, but Dawn is right, with the advancements in medical care, people are living longer & many of them with severe dementia. Our government is paying for this, I believe this is an area where we need some kind of solution. And I am not referring to “death panels.” Any ideas on this one?