HI! I did my clinical for college in a nursing home. We worked with the recreation director and did all kinds of games, and made things that helped people remember who they were and what day it was... etc...for the people there. We saw lots of people who'd been dumped there. Several were people with mental issues and they'd been there for more than 20 yrs and eventually they would die there! I have wondered every since....."What kind of world do we live in where this can go on?" How sad is it to think that your kids could drop you off at a home and say "goodbye" and because your age and mental capacity was lacking you didn't know what to do about it! It is a crazy world we live in!!