Visio Talk

There is no doubt that one of the hardest decisions any child is going to have to make is whether they need to send their mum or dad off to live in a nursing home.

We still have a very institutional orientated view of the nursing home setting, even though the advances in elder care have been significant. Not just in terms of technology and from the pure health profession (doctors and nurses) side of things, but also in terms of culture and atmosphere.

A lot more emphasis gets placed on quality of care and quality of life these days, it seems, than in days past. And, I am not sure this is just because it is more important to people these days, I do not believe that. I think people have always wanted their loved ones to be happy in assisted care. I just think that we are a lot more emotionally self aware as a society today than ever before and we also have that little bit extra years under our collective belt to study and analyze what is and what is not conducive to the overall well being of people. Older people included.

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