RE: Retirement Homes vs. Family Care: What’s Ideal for Our Elderly Parents?

I have never liked the idea of taking elderly people to retirement homes. I think that place has a way of also affecting them. It's better to keep them at home, where they get to see people they love around them always. Even if one is busy and can't take care of them personally, you can always get a nanny to help out there at home.

Before my grandma passed, my mom traveled to the village and stayed with her for more than 5 months, taking care of her while her other siblings were busy. It was during her burial that my aunts and uncles were wishing they had visited her even if it was once before she passed away.

While my mom was comforted with the fact that at least she was with her mom to the last minute,