I suppose the dreaded day still took the family by surprise when the ambulance took Mom form the hospital to the nursing home. The social worker and the Dr. felt this would be easier on all of us, and less stressful on Mom. You still walk around sorta of shocked by it all. Her last few weeks at home were a nightmare to say the least...each day became alittle harder than the other. But it gave me a firmer resolve to do the right thing for Mom. She is happily unaware her nurse told us of her true surroundings. Its the cleanest we"ve seen her, eating and everything...they are able to do things for her that we just weren't capable of doing. The Dr. told us we were doing the right thing for her at this time , they did not see her getting any better they felt she is on a swift decline. I actually feel relief that she is safe now, at home we never could keep up with her. She was into everything, everywhere, wandered upstairs to the attic...on the sides are bedrooms with very high floor level windows somehow this was open with the screen out! We nailed the door shut, but at night time she would try to wander into the fields at night(its her farm). I'm glad shes finally safe..........but I'll always miss the part of her that was my Mom. This is what pains me...missing pieces that can never be found again. Just sharing.....Sunset