As I was sitting on couch while sipping on my coffee, I started listing criteria needed for a nursing home for my aged mother. It should be something that will deliver total convenience for her and it should also be something with good security measures.
With today's economic situation, almost all members of the clan must work for the benefit of their family. Others even decided to go to other countries to seek greener pastures just like what my brothers and sisters did. And since I am the only one left with my mom, I am now given the task to choose the best nursing home for our aged mom.
I made a browse on all the possible places I knew from the directory of nursing homes. Each one is promising an excellent services and expertise in taking care of elderly. Carers were all professionals and with in-depth experience on aged people. Facilities were technologically built and suited for the needs of elderly and prices are just right and suitable for that matter. But even if I am mentally convince that each one of these nursing homes is best fitted for my aged mom as her second home, there is still something within my heart that doesn't want to agree at the idea. Whew! It is such a tough decision to make!
I tried to relax and stay calm for me to be able to decide. Flashes of years came to my mind as I stared at our family picture during those times when mom is still younger and capable of taking care of me and the whole family. Happiness filled my heart as I started remembering how my mom took good care of all of us. She always makes sure that we are always safe and comfortable. She always assures us that we are well fed and healthy fit. And she always makes us feel that we are well loved by her.
She also taught us how to raise our children, how to protect them and keep them from any harm or illness, and how to show them our unconditional love. She made us a direct replica of her as a good and loving mother. So, in exchange of my mom's gratitude and tender loving care, the nursing home that I must choose should also assure me that mom will be always safe and comfortable. That she must be well fed and healthy fit and most important, she should always felt that she is being truly loved.
Therefore, the best nursing home for my aged mom is our own home! Because mom deserves all the love and care not from other people but by us, her own flesh and blood!
It is just following the golden rule. What she did to us is what we did to our children. And what we will do to her now that she is aged, will also reflect on what our children will do to us when we will grow old.
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