When Did You Move Your Alzheimer’s Loved One to a Nursing Home?
November 23, 2008 by Mary Emma Allen
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
Alzheimer’s Decisions
Moving an Alzheimer’s family member to a nursing home presents a heartwrenching challenge for many people. Some have made promises that they would never do this. Others feel it’s their responsibility to care for their parent, spouse or sibling at home.
However, there comes a time, I realized, when I couldn’t care for my mother, and she couldn’t care for her sister any longer Mother was developing Alzheimer’s when I had to make other arrangements for the sister with Alzheimer’s who lived with her.
Mother finally needed more care than I could give her when I moved her to the nursing home …read more




