Aged parents should be placed in nursing homes only as ‘last resort’ as they have better quality of life staying with family, says Balaji ; People are placing their elderly parents in nursing homes so readily that it is getting the Government concerned about the effects of such a decision. Nursing homes should be a ‘measure of last resort’, said Minister of State (Health and Transport) Balaji Sadasivan yesterday, because staying with one’s family means a better quality of life for the old folk. ‘If you move to the nursing home, you’re going to be in an environment that’s totally different. Look to day rehab if needed. At least when they go back home at night, they still stay with their families.’ He added that it may not be easy to make the extra effort to take parents to day care every day, ‘but on the other hand, it can be miserable if you are well and good and your family pushes you into a nursing home’. Currently, more than 90 per cent of the 4,900 or so beds in the homes run by voluntary welfare organisations are filled, while 60 per cent of the places at day rehabilitation centres
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