https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 09 Oct 2026 18:59:20 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-homes-vs-living-at-home-in-old-age#post-2299775 Wed, 23 Sep 2015 18:04:24 +0000 birdofafeather 2299775@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>none of my grandparents lived to old old age (past 75 i think). my grandpa was the oldest and she was set to go golfing with her friends in their retirement community that morning and didn't show up. she had passed in her home.</p> <p>DH's grandma was 96 and doing well until the couple days before she went into the hospital and passed a few days later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-homes-vs-living-at-home-in-old-age#post-2299772 Wed, 23 Sep 2015 18:01:50 +0000 littlebug 2299772@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My maternal grandparents moved into a CRC when my grandmother first started having issues with Alzheimers. They lived in the Independent Living, and then she had a stroke and an MI, and was transferred to the nursing unit. She died on the nursing unit, but my grandfather lived for another 8-10 years, first in the Independent Living (till he was 97!) and then they moved him to the Assisted Living after a fall broke his hip/shoulder. He died in his apartment in the Assisted Living. My paternal grandfather died before I was born. My paternal grandmother died in a long-term acute care hospital, where she had been on a ventilator from emphysema.</p> <p>I hope someday (like when the kids are out of daycare) Hubs and I can purchase a long-term care insurance plan, which helps pay for in-home services. Because traditional health insurance does not pay for them (other than skilled services following a hospitalization)! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-homes-vs-living-at-home-in-old-age#post-2299767 Wed, 23 Sep 2015 17:58:15 +0000 Mrs.KMM 2299767@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My grandpa lived at home until he died of cancer.</p> <p>My grandma lived in a memory care unit of an assisted living center as she had Alzheimer's.</p> <p>My other grandma lived in a rehab unit dealing with post-stroke issues. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-homes-vs-living-at-home-in-old-age#post-2299765 Wed, 23 Sep 2015 17:55:53 +0000 brady80 2299765@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had three grandparents live well into their 90's. One grandmother lived on her own until she 92(stopped driving at 90), then moved to an assisted living facility followed by a nursing home, where she passed away after a stroke, she was 97 when she died. My other grandmother lived on her own, with her husband until she was 90 and then moved to a nursing facility/assisted living for dementia. She lived there for several years before she passed away. My grandfather lived on his own until he was 92, moved to a nursing home after a stroke and passed away there as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-homes-vs-living-at-home-in-old-age#post-2299763 Wed, 23 Sep 2015 17:51:49 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 2299763@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had one grandparent who was in a nursing home. He had dementia and cancer. </p> <p>My great-grandma died in a rehab center, ironically the night before she was due home. She was there from a stroke.</p> <p>My other grandparents either passed at home or are still alive. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nursing-homes-vs-living-at-home-in-old-age#post-2299757 Wed, 23 Sep 2015 17:43:19 +0000 mrbee 2299757@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This topic has been on my mind as my parents have been getting older.</p> <p>My parents' mothers actually lived to a fairly old age! </p> <p>* My dad's mom eventually went into a nursing home, but it was close to where we lived and we visited her all the time.<br /> * My mom's mom is still alive, but is struggling with dementia and is living with my mom's family in Japan.</p> <p>But my parents' fathers all passed away before they got too old, and so they died in their homes. I guess it's not uncommon for men to die before their wives...</p> <p>Where did your grandparents live as they got older? </p>