I just placed my spouse of almost 60 years in a long term care facility and have waves of sorrow hit me often unexpectedly. How do I handle this?
Hi @armensmith ,my husband of 46 years has been in a Dementia Nursing Home since August. I know about the waves of sorrow and also loneliness.I just placed my spouse of almost 60 years in a long term care facility and have waves of sorrow hit me often unexpectedly. How do I handle this?
It is likely @armensmith that your relationship with your OH may/will change. Visiting OH and being with him will I think be quite different to having been a full time carer at home, where you've been doing everything for him. Now the care home staff take over the "doing things to him" role so you can just do the things with him, which hopefully will be less stressful / tiring than was the case.I just placed my spouse of almost 60 years in a long term care facility and have waves of sorrow hit me often unexpectedly. How do I handle this?