We Just Put Mom in a Nursing Home: Now What? (Families Caring for Older Adults)

We Just Put Mom in a Nursing Home: Now What? (Families Caring for Older Adults) Review

This is one program in the Families Caring for Older Adults series of educational modules developed by CoHealth for family members who are trying to understand the physical, mental and emotional changes that accompany aging, how to decide what is best for their loved one, and how to improve their skills as caregivers. This volume, We Just Put Mom in a Nursing Home: Now What?, focuses on the array of normal, emotional responses that families experience following nursing home placement of a close relative, including guilt and shame, sadness, and relief. Then, a number of strategies are provided that help family members deal with the placement more successfully, strategies that are based on insights from the authors’ years of clinical experience with nursing home residents and their families.