I think you have it wrong.
I see no problem with a family paying to institutionalize their family member. No reason for the state to take on the burden. We care for our seniors, why not care for those who are ill.
The problem is that because the system is the way it is, there are NOT institutions to put them into. We fought to find one young man a group home to go into. Weeks and week while he ended up hospitalized for suicide attempts over and over (one was a Drano consumption that did damage that could not be undone). There was no where to put him.
Understand, there were five children in this family. All grown and all taking care of him in shifts. They still couldn’t overcome his desire to punish himself for his imaginary transgressions.
That's okay. You can think I am wrong. I'm not going to vilify you but I don't agree with you.
I see no problem with a family paying to institutionalize their family member. No reason for the state to take on the burden. We care for our seniors, why not care for those who are ill.
Yes, it is a BURDEN. In the “old days” it stayed in the family. Your reasoning is why the “state” is dumped on. Yes, we neglect our sane senior citizens for the same reasons - it's inconvenient. We've quilted the old folks into believing they are a burden because they are old. When folks are old they actually want more familiarity and around those that genuinely care for them - not paid strangers and hope they are not abused.
The problem is that because the system is the way it is, there are NOT institutions to put them into. We fought to find one young man a group home to go into. Weeks and week while he ended up hospitalized for suicide attempts over and over (one was a Drano consumption that did damage that could not be undone). There was no where to put him.
You see, I just don't agree with more warehousing of the troubled or older folks. You accept this as the solution. I don't.
Understand, there were five children in this family. All grown and all taking care of him in shifts. They still couldn’t overcome his desire to punish himself for his imaginary transgressions.
So the “state” will do a better job?
LOL!
The “state” only makes things worse. They'll just speed up his demise in a sadistic way.