Being Shamed for Your Nursing Home Decision
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This past weekend, Kathryn hosted a graduation party for her daughter and was excited to spend time with the family and friends that came to celebrate. For the past few years, she hadn’t had much time to visit with friends or family with all of the caregiving duties she had for her mother, who suffers from Alzheimer’s. Now that her mother has moved into a nursing home, Kathryn could
feel more comfortable shifting her attention to other things.
After consulting with her sister and planning for the costs of her mother’s long-term care, Kathryn felt as if she made the best decision for her mother. As her mother’s memory was getting worse to a point that she could no longer live safely at home, Kathryn made peace with her decision to move her mother to a nursing home. Kathryn now makes it a point to visit and spend quality
time with her mother at least once or twice a week, and her mother seems to be adjusting well.
All seemed well until Kathryn’s aunt (her mother’s sister) arrived with her cousins, and they made it known that they disagreed with the nursing home decision and shamed Kathryn for “being selfish and lazy” and for wanting to “get rid of the burden” of her mother. Although the decision was a tough one and Kathryn felt it was the right thing to do, all the shaming made her doubt and
second-guess herself.
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