During my most active caregiving years, I had a total of five loved ones in a local nursing home. The home was just two blocks from my own house and very close to where all of my elders had lived, so the neighborhood and the building were familiar to them. How much that mattered to my elders I'm not sure, as driving by a nursing home or even visiting someone there is much different than living in one. However, the convenient location certainly helped me.
During my most active caregiving years, I had a total of five loved ones in a local nursing home. The home was just two blocks from my own house and very close to where all of my elders had lived, so the neighborhood and the building were familiar to them. How much that mattered to my elders I'm not sure, as driving by a nursing home or even visiting someone there is much different than living in one. However, the convenient location certainly helped me.
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