INSURANCE
STRESS RELIEF

Stress

I hear children saying,
"I'll take care of Mom or Dad."

My response is always,
"I know you will. I want to talk to you about a way you can do it longer and better."

Children don't want to take care of their parents...

Nursing home placement is rarely a first choice. The individual goes not when he should, but when the caregiver gets so sick that the choice is taken out of her hands by the children who are worried for her health...

...and making a placement
breaks your heart...

The tears have finally arrived. I feel like he's being drugged and locked away and I am powerless. I guess I must be in denial, but I just can't see him in the Alzheimer's ward. It's just so heart wrenching. When I left the hospital he came out of his room and asked if he could come with me.

I tried to explain that he had to stay until the doctor said he could leave. He then followed me to the elevator (the aide tagging along) and rode down with me. I am just so sad. I don't know what to do. I just can't bear the thought of him being admitted to a nursing home. I wish there as a pill I could give him right now to end it all.