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sinkingfeeling

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5. My mom was supposed to die in hospice, but recovered. It's very hard for the aides to

Reply to glinda (Reply #4)

Wed Oct 31, 2012, 10:37 AM

Oct 2012

involve Mom when she can't see or walk. I think she's extremely realistic. She says she's spending money on her care that she would rather have go to us 'kids'. She keeps saying that since her own mother passed away just shy of 93, it should be her time to go. She knows she's not going to get back her ability to see nor walk. She doesn't like her existence.

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I put both parents in a home on Tuesday, long overdue. [View all] NYC_SKP Oct 2012 OP

What king of a 'home'? Senior? Assisted Living? Hospice? sinkingfeeling Oct 2012 #1

It would be called an assisted living facility.. NYC_SKP Oct 2012 #2

My mom went from hospice to an assisted living home over 2 years ago. She will soon sinkingfeeling Oct 2012 #3

Hospice to Assisted Living? It usually is the other way around. glinda Oct 2012 #4

My mom was supposed to die in hospice, but recovered. It's very hard for the aides to sinkingfeeling Oct 2012 #5

Exactly the thoughts my mother had before she left us.... glinda Oct 2012 #6

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