In a message dated 1/7/2005 3:18:06 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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I guess my concerns are two-fold, here.
1. Is there an assumption that nursing home care is inadequate?
2. Is there always a direct link between parenting and adult behaviour?
Dear Friends:
Yes, I have an assumption that nursing home care is, for the most part,
inadequate. I am a nurse, and have a career in public health of thirty years.
I have seen the inside of many things. It's for the same reasons that I
don't like babies in daycare settings. They can't feed when they need to, they
can't touch base with a family or village heart, they are regimented, and are
kept with other unhappy babies/old folks. I know it is unavoidable. Folks have
to put bread on the table.
I also feel it criminal that our society (so arrogant at times) misses,
starves and ignores this time of building a strong citizenry.
I'd rather die home than in a nursing home.
There is often enough a link of some kind between being parented and
being a parent. We've lived through what our parents did to us, and repeat some
of that style when we become parents.
Just thoughts....
warmly,
Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE
Maternal-Child Adjunct Faculty Union Institute and University
Film Reviews Editor, Journal of Human Lactation
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