The toll on the families is horrific. It is difficult enough placing someone in a nursing home, there is guilt, there is concern about care.

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At the time it seemed like it was an astronomical amount of money. We just couldn't handle it.

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Very few people plan for a stay in a nursing home. And I think that is because they think it will happen to someone else, or that they'll be able to live out their natural lives at home.

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