Do nursing homes help people get well or prepare to die?

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by Candy Jules

I voted no for one reason, and that is because most people never get out of the Nursing home once they're in there. In this day and age, we have more assisted living places to h...read more

by Carrington M. Nye

Out to Pasture: Where we go to Die After the death of my Father I wanted to help, to offer my support for the elderly; so I signed up for training to get my Certified Nursin...read more

by Tanya Puckett

My father was a selfless man who spend thirty years of his life as a physician and medical director of a state hospital. He suffered from Parkinson's disease for many years. Iro...read more

by Dea

In order to answer the above question one must bring some light on the major aspects concerned with the nursing home within the health industry. Firstly, the role of nursing ho...read more

by Linda Smith

For us it was the smell. The nursing home where my mother lived the last months of her life was not "top of the line," it was all her Medicare would pay for. Neither my mom no...read more

by Angela Dalton

In New Zealand the common conception is to reach nursing home care stage then one has reached the last stop on the road of life. Here the government has adopted the Ageing in...read more

by Brooke Miller

I don't know a single person who has gone into the nursing home with any hopes of getting better. I've never seen a person go into the nursing home, and come out alive. Most...read more

by D Dupont-Day

My mother is 85 years old and suffering the ravages of age and Parkinson's Disease. She spent almost a month in the hospital recently with double pneumonia, kidney distress, and...read more

by Scott Heritage

Nursing homes are definitely places where someone comes to live out their final days when they are too old or infirm to look after themselves, and clearly not somewhere that old...read more

by Ciara Hill

Sadly I would have to say yes, nursing homes do seem as if they help people prepare to die. A nursing home is a place that helps the elderly feel at their most comfortable in th...read more

by Bill Whitney

This is a subject that I am sure will be much debated by a lot of different people with a lot of different experiences with nursing homes. There are a lot of times that nursing...read more

by sunseed

Nursing homes are without a doubt a very necessary part of our society. Unfortunately, there are those that do need round the clock supervision and care. For those people, there...read more

by Crystal Gilbert

Nursing homes can both help people get well or prepare them for death. This all depends on what type of nursing home it is. A skilled nursing facility takes hospital patients ...read more

by Kim Sharpe

Perhaps I'm still stuck in age old beliefs but I have always viewed and will continue to always view regarding nursing homes as a place that prepares the elderly to die. Or in ...read more

by Thomas Weiss

Apathy and Insubordination In Long-Term Care Facilities The causes of apathy and insubordination in long-term care facilities are numerous. The following article approaches s...read more

by Phil Hill

From a personal perspective, I am dreading the day if I ever have to go to live in a nursing home. It signals the beginning of the end as far as I am concerned. It means you ha...read more

by Alison Cintorrino

"Some of them think they're gonna go home. Thats bull-! We're all gonna die here." said "Joe", one of the more insightful, and blunt, residents. What could I say? The man was ...read more

by Divine

After working in Long Term Care for over fifteen years, I'm of two opinions, they come for both reasons to die or to live. I have seen some stay for a long time and live, some ...read more

by Sally Wilton

My mum also has Parkinson's and is nearly 80. Our family is doing its best to keep her out of a home. At present she lives with my daughter who has 4 children and we pay her a...read more

by Shana Baxter

With the growth of our country and the advancements in technology that allow families to travel great distances away from each other a need in our country arose. A need for our...read more