Muslims: My wife and I just moved her mother into a new memory care

[Victor_c3]

29. I don't think we've ever really interacted in the past

But I've seen you're post a lot over the last few years and I know exactly what you are talking about.

I've spent a lot of time as a patient in various psychiatric units. Over the last 3 years, I've been an inpatient in a locked-down psych unit for about 1/3rd of that time. For whatever reason, I've met and seen a lot of guys with memory issues in the handful of hospitals I've been in. In general, the vast majority of the staff and every facility I've been in takes good care of the patients - even the ones that are a pain-in-the-ass. In these sorts of facilities you are surrounded by other people at similar points in their lives and, for me, that has been very comforting. Friends, amongst peers, are easy to come by.

Additionally, there is always something going on and the daily routine I've experienced isn't too bad. Holidays there aren't sad and depressing affairs either.

My extensive hospitalizations for my psych issues have shown me that nursing homes are nothing to be feared. In fact (and I'm kind of kooked-out in the head so take what I'm saying accordingly) but I mostly like being in a hospital more than being on the outside. I feel safe, I have no worries, and the guys I'm around are true friends and get where I'm coming from. I enjoy their company.

Don't be scared about that future. Honestly, living in a hospital is not a bad thing.