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Why do people put their parents into nursing homes when they could just take them in to their own homes? Especially those who have the extra space.
 

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My dad stayed at home, cause my brother lived with them. My mom was too old to help him with everything, so my brother did most, but then they refused to help him in the hospital if he didn't go to a home after a year, so now he's in a home. They had no choice. The doctor and nurses forced them. We go visit him today. But this is a unique situation, that my brother never married, got no kids and lived with them already. I live 2 hours away with train and bus and I can't move. I have to live near my ex for the kids. Take them in? Lol. I have 1 bedroom. Then I would have to take my brother in too, cause I have to go to work sometimes and he always works from home.
My sister has a big house, but 2 sons around 30 living there too, because there are no houses. They wouldn't have been able to take them in and help them 24/7 and I don't think they'd want to live there. This situation was perfect for them. But they were also nice and never kicked my brother out. Those parents who kick their kids out with 18, no wonder those kids don't want to take them in. And some parents are dominant and annoying. When my mother was 12 she helped her sister with the household and kids. They lived in the farm from her husbands' old dad and his dad was the boss. When my mother laughed he threw a Bible text at her that she would stop laughing. He bossed her sister around to serve him well. People took that sort of thing a century ago, but not anymore. And there are almost no housewives anymore. If ppl have a big fat house it means they both work and have no time to also be a nurse and not everyone can be a nurse.
 
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Although there are many needs that family members can handle, there are also some that are beyond their ability, so because the caregiving is an "all or nothing" challenge, the nursing home is often necessary.
 

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Why do people put their parents into nursing homes when they could just take them in to their own homes? Especially those who have the extra space.

I would guess the reason most people do is that both parents work, and while that may not be a problem for some elderly, others require more on the clock care that could only be provided if one parent didn't work. Does one downsize the house and mortgage esp when one has kids to take a parent in? Sad, but I'm guessing this is a reality for many.
 
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