I would accept in home care in a heartbeat..more comfortable, privacy, everything familiar, less stress and every time you move an older person there is a greater chance of becoming more and more c...

You're scared and it seems unreal - but as someone else has said, you need as much documentation as you can gather about your mother in order to deal with social service agencies. This is ...

Back in the '40s-'50s-and '60s it was fairly common to give electro-shock to "unmanageable" people.The real sh!t disturbers got frontal lobotomies. In those days, when ...

I do agree strongly with you. There is just a time and a place for everything. I admire your grandmother's desire to have her husband at home and to care for him until his end. They may eve...

Does she have any old friends who are in nursing homes, or do you have any friends with relatives in nursing homes, because it's good to take the old relatives to visit people who are already ...

Try to get the home into someone elses name before she goes into a home...It may already be to late. But usually most states take what ever assets the person owns for the cost of living in a home. ...

Should one of them become incapacitated the other automatically gains controll. The best bet is a living will. They need to have it set up so that they have a gaurdian named for themselves. Some...

Check the California Department of Health and Human Services webpage for a record of inspections. My experience with nursing homes is that no one cares about your relative as much as you do, s...

They have the right to do whatever they want. The only way the family can force them to do something is if your friend has signed over power of attorney or is declared incompetent by the court.

take her out of the home and put her in yours have you heard of goldberg? i think thats a good place to call

Its very discouraging to go to the nursing home to see someone you love in total dis-array. I am a hospital RN and worked in a nursing home for 10 yrs before I obtained a nursing degree and also h...

Sorry... I couldn't find a web page for the nursing home. Here's the official web site for Summerfield, Kansas. You might contact them and ask if Good Shepherd Village Nursing Home ha...

Michigan law has a specific transfer if there is no will: 搂 27.12101. Intestate estate. Sec. 2101. (1) Any part of a decedent's estate not effectively disposed of by will pass...

The best thing for your situation is a revocable trust. It allows you to put your assets in your child's name but you still have some measure of control if it doesn't work out. A decent...

Paint by number bird watching pen pals depends on how active everyone is... And the most important... ASK THEM... they are grown people that might like to decide once in a while.