I fought placing my elderly husband in a nursing home for nearly a year. By the time it was clear I couldn't continue to care for him at home, he was 93, blind and partially deaf.
He had dementia with an active hallucinatory disorder, and his ability to ambulate was severely impaired.
After admitting him to Calvert City Convalescent Center, he would beg me to take him home. In his mind, he was not an invalid. I would come home at night and cry myself to sleep.
He has been a resident here for over a year now. The staff is like part of our family. The kindness they show my husband is genuine with hugs, kisses, emotional support and sympathy when his dementia causes him to experience fear and anxiety.
Because of a downward trend in his condition where he now has no desire for food or liquids, we (family) asked for him to be transferred to hospice care. The mood of the staff was very respectful and supportive.
I'm not sure why we have been so fortunate in finding a facility like this, but we are 100% confident that his life will end in comfort, compassion and, as his youngest daughter said (paraphrasing) "a gentle freeing from his worldly bonds so his spirit can once again be free to soar".
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