Reply #32: No, they're not. People are assholes for arguing without listening, [View All]

[Gormy Cuss]

for using snide remarks rather than relevant replies, and for failure to apology when a comment is rude and irrelevant. But back to the subject at hand:

Even the best nursing homes aren't as good as being near loving family. What's wrong with our approach to caring for fragile elders is that we don't have better integration of services and active supports to allow families to take on as much responsibility for a relative's care as they are able -- and that's not just financially able, it's also emotionally and physically able to provide care.

Right now nursing homes are the best place for many very fragile seniors but other countries have more supportive systems to allow more people to stay in their own homes with relatives helping out and I hope that some day we adopt such an approach.