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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just as I never did daycare for my children, I will never do assisted living or nursing home for my parents while I draw breath. Just as I hired a nanny, I will hire nurses to care for them in my home[/quote]

My uncle broke his daughter's arm (my cousin) while in a rage. The medications he was on to help with dementia were no longer working. His son-in-law put his foot down at that point.

Is it your stance that if this were happening to you, you'd go ahead and wait for the other arm to be broken? Or is it that it's okay to break the arms of the help you hired, as long as it isn't you?

He's now in a place where medications can be changed and titrated more quickly, and where they have better ways of controlling physical altercations. His daughter visits him there regularly but is no longer physically at risk. I think that's great, and it's what her dad would have wanted back when he had full faculties and would never have hurt her.

How many broken bones would you take? Or is it just the poor people who have to work for you that will bear the brunt of it, if you are unlucky enough to go that way?[/quote]

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