WMN: 4108-0_4108-27

[1599]

Okay. /

[1340]

{F Uh, } {D so, } what do you think, {F uh, } about putting the elderly in a nursing home? /

[1599]

{D Well, } I think that [ it, + it ] varies [ on + on ] the individual basis. /

[1340]

{F Huh. } /

[1599]

{F Uh, } sometimes [ it is, + there is ] no alternative. /

[1340]

Uh-huh <>. /

[1599]

{F Uh, } you do not have, {F uh, } {F uh, } family available or family that's, {F uh, } - /you may not even have family [ that is, {F uh, } {F uh, } in, + {D you know, } who are around. ] /

[1340]

That's true. /Yeah. /

[1599]

{C So, } sometimes it's not an alternative. /

[1340]

{F Huh } <>. /

[1599]

[ {C And } I think, + {F uh, } {C but } I think ] also, sometimes it can be, {F uh, } a benefit if it's for a short time. /Sometimes in a nursing home -- -/

[1340]

Uh-huh. /

[1599]

-- {F uh, } especially [ if, + if ] it's after an acute illness. /To get over a, - /{C or } to rehab after, {F uh, } an illness. /

[1340]

That's true. /I never thought of that. /# Yeah. # /

[1599]

# [ Sometimes + # {D you know, } sometimes ] the nursing homes are good for, {F uh, } just short periods of time. /

[1340]

That's true, /until they get over that hump --

[1599]

Uh-huh. /

[1340]

-- of whatever it is they're # dealing with. # /

[1599]

# {C Because } too # often the acute hospitals [ will, + are sending ] them out much faster than what they're --

[1340]

Yes. /

[1599]

-- really able to. /

[1340]

They really are. /They don't like to keep them --

[1599]

[ {C So } + --

[1340]

-- longer than a week. /

[1599]

-- {C so } ] there is some good to it. /

[1340]

Yeah. /

[1599]

{F Uh, } sometimes too, it's used as a dumb job. /{D You know } [ the fam-, + --

[1340]

What do you mean? /

[1599]

-- {D well } the families ] do not necessarily , {F uh, } know what to do with them /{C and } they don't want to take the responsibility /{C so } they will put them in a nursing home. /

[1340]

Yeah, /that's true. /

[1599]

{C So } you see, {F uh, } - /there's both sides to it too. /# What do you think? # /

[1340]

# Yeah /{C and } it # depends on [ how, + how ] sick the person is too. What you're capable of, {D like } if you have a family to take care of, {D you know, } of your own . /

[1599]

Yeah. /

[1340]

Yeah, /{F uh, } I would personally like it /if my parents were to get ill, I would like to take care of them at home and if I had the money with some help. /That's not always possible. /

[1599]

That's true. /

[1340]

{C But, } {F uh, } to the best of my ability, I'd like to do it until it gets impossible . /

[1599]

I think that's also where you're going to have a lot of people who are going to, - /[ it's + there's ] not a choice, [ # it's # -- +

[1340]

# Right. # /

[1599]

-- because, it's ] not economically feasible even # to # --

[1340]

# Uh-huh # <>. /

[1599]

-- put them in a nursing home. /

[1340]

Yeah. /

[1599]

{C So } [ that, + that ] option sometimes is not available if they do not have [ the, + ] {F uh, } either Medicare or insurance to cover it. /

[1340]

That's true. /Yeah. /

[1599]

{D So, } -/

[1340]

{C But } I think nursing homes can be good. /It just depends on what kind they are. /{D You know, } you need to check them out ahead of time. /

[1599]

Yeah, /{C and then } there's also some that are set up for specialties -- /

[1340]

Uh-huh. /

[1599]

-- {F uh, } I know some. /Unfortunately, some elderly [ have to go to + {E or } have, ] I guess it's Alzheimer's or # where # --

[1340]

# Uh-huh. # /

[1599]

-- they wonder [ or, + or, ] {F uh, } confused or have some mental problem . /

[1340]

Yeah, /that they're , -/

[1599]

{C And } you need a special nursing home for that. /You need one that has a unit that's locked where they are not able to get out and roam around -- /

[1340]

Yeah. /

[1599]

-- {C and } you need people who are trained for that # type # --

[1340]

# Right. # /

[1599]

-- of problem. /

[1340]

Who know what they're doing with that. /

[1599]

Yeah /[ {C so, } + {C so } ] there's different types of nursing homes I think. /

[1340]

Yeah /{D well, } my, {F uh, } grandmother's not really in a nursing home, but a retirement home that also has a nursing home sort of attached to it. / {C And } she really liked the idea [ of, + of ] moving there. /She's not ill yet -- /

[1599]

Uh-huh. /

[1340]

-- {C but, } {F uh, } she worked there as a volunteer for about ten years /{C and then } she decided [ that, + {F uh, } {A she's eighty five years old, } that ] eventually, {D you know, } [ she + she ] doesn't want her family taking care of her and being a burden. /She's very independent. / {C So } she's in this nursing home. /It's out in the country /{C and, } {F uh, } she really enjoys it right now because she doesn't have to wash dishes or cook . /

[1599]

Gives her a little bit of her own independence -- /

[1340]

Uh-huh. /

[1599]

-- {C but } she still has, {F uh, } a security there. /

[1340]

Right. /Some support. /{C And then } there's also, {F uh, } sort of a wing for those people that do get sick /{C and, } what I like about it and I think she likes about it is that she knows everybody there now /{C and then, } {C so } if she ever does become ill, {F uh, } it will be like family around her. /

[1599]

That's right /# {C and } [ I # -- +

[1340]

# Yeah. # /

[1599]

-- I've ] seen some of them like that too /{C and } also they have a lot of, {F uh, } activities going on for # the ones # --

[1340]

# Uh-huh # <>. /

[1599]

-- who are more active. /

[1340]

Yeah. /Sh-, -/

[1599]

{C So } it's not sort of like, {F uh, } # {F uh } # --

[1340]

# Uh-huh # <>. /

[1599]

-- a sick place. /

[1340]

No, /she loves it. /She has a great social life /{C and } she travels /{C and, } {F uh, } it's [ [ in, + in the ((very)) ] + in the ] mountains /{C and } it's beautiful /{C and, } {F uh, } [ I, + I ] hope that I have something like that # when I get older <>. # /

[1599]

# Yeah /[ [ [ I, + # I think, ] + I think the, ] + {F uh } --

[1340]

Uh-huh <>. /

[1599]

-- I think that ] the decision that needs to be made though on nursing home has to be a joint one between the, {F uh, } elderly --

[1340]

Uh-huh. /

[1599]

-- {F uh, } person who's going in and the family that's going to be, {F uh, } [ effec-, + effected ] by it -- /

[1340]

{F Oh } definitely it's, -/

[1599]

-- {C and, } {F uh, } {D you know, } sometimes [ it can, + [ those choi-, + those choices ] can ] be made in advance /{C and } # sometimes # --

[1340]

# Right. # /