Even if you put your loved one in a nursing home, there is still much work. You have to take care of their financial affairs, you want to visit them often to make sure they are being taken care of, you want to be with them if they have to go to the doctor or hospital, you have to do their taxes (yes, Uncle Sam still wants his pound of flesh even if you are 99 years old and a living vegetable), you have to buy them new clothes and get the things the home won't provide for. You go to care plan meetings.
And usually the nursing homes have their own doctors that come in to check the residents. These doctors never, ever voluntarily consult with family members - you have to do the legwork to find out why and what medicine and care Mom is getting.
And usually the nursing homes have their own doctors that come in to check the residents. These doctors never, ever voluntarily consult with family members - you have to do the legwork to find out why and what medicine and care Mom is getting.From what I hear from friends in the business, the reason may be that many of the doctors allegedly working in the nuring homes are just there to pick up some very easy money, on top of their private practices and hospital privileges. They spend little or no time with the nursing home patients, and just write up the same prescription for everyone. Not all of them, perhaps, but an awful lot of them.