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The Benefits of Nursing Homes

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When people get older, they need to find a great place to live. Someone thinks they should live with their child, but some other thinks a nursing home is better for them. In my mind, I don't want my parent leave me. I always want the best thing for them. It is very hard to leave our parents in the nursing home, but that is the best solution. There are three reasons we should leave our parents in the nursing home: we can't provide medical assist, we don't have enough time to take care them and elderly need friends. Day by day, people get older; the health of older people increasingly shifted toward weaker, so we need follow-up attention and more care. Ess Loumarr wrote "Without supervision, issues such as dementia, incontinence and restricted mobility can pose major health risks to an elderly person.  All of us know about that, but we can't provide medical assistant. We are not doctors or nurses, and we do not have modern medical equipment for monitoring health at home. We do not have enough medical knowledge to know the diseases of our parents. According to Ess Loumarr, "A nursing home can offer around-the-clock assistance, along with a professional staff with knowledge about a variety of medical conditions." That's why finding a great nursing home for elderly is a good way. Another reason to leave elderly in a nursing home is we don't have time to take care them. I have a friend lives with his parents and his grandfather. His mother and his father have to work full time, seven days a week, so they are just at home in night. My friend has to go to school; after school he plays sports with friends. They don't have much time to take care for his grandfather, so he usually stays at home alone. They know it isn't good for him; they worry about that, so they think that they need to send him to a nursing home. Nursing homes have more thing for elderly can do. For example, Jennifer L state that living in an environment which is more lik

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