Have you ever read news about someone who try to commit suicide in the newspaper? I’m sure at least you have heard that recently, one of thai singer took his own life by jumping out of the window. Sometimes, I wondered why people around that person such as friend and family cannot prevent such incident from happened, but maybe it’s not their fault, maybe they have not noticed the “signal” sent.
According to “Suicide-risk behaviour patterns identified – study” (2015), people who tend to commit suicide will have the same pattern of behavior, including agitation and being impulsive – acting with little consideration of the consequences. The study also stated that the effective prevention measures were aiding people needed. The father, whose daughter took her own life without any signal, said that it would be great that we can indicate that people are thinking about suicide so that we can help this people earlier.
Apart from the latest news about that singer, I choose this news because long time ago, one of my neighbor try to commit suicide. This person lived their life happily with niece and nephew, he retired with a lot of pension. That’s why we all felt that his attempt to commit suicide came out of the blue.However, after talking to him, his family realized that when they went to work or to school, this grandparent felt very lonely. In many countries, putting your parents in the care homes will be considered normal things, but in Thailand people more likely consider it as a ungrateful act to not look after your parent. Yet, care home might have more advantages than we think.
One of the main positives of checking in such place is that the elderly people can live their everyday life in the eyes of healthcare professionals. These people are well-trained to look after old people and highly aware of some health problem sign. For example, they can arrange a meal with better nutrient proportion for old people who suffered from diabetes. This example proofed to me that care homes or nursing home is a better choice regarding elderly people’s health.
Secondly, moving to care homes or nursing home can lead to a better quality of social relationship of elder people. Since there are a lot of elderly people lived under the same roof, our grandparents will have a chance to participate in interesting hobbies group such as knitting or playing chess. Moreover, they will have a plenty of people who growing up in the same era to talk too. For instance, children these days just cannot enjoy discussing on how exiting the monotone TV series broadcasted more than 50 years ago was, but these elderly people can talk about it for an hour. That’s why from my point view, the care home can develop the elder’s people social relationship.
Do you think that in the near future, Thai (or Asian) people will change their aspect of care home ?
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Since my own mother is now 85, I've thought about some of the issues that have occurred to Ice. Until my father died a few years ago, they were fine living together in their large house with my youngest sister and her family. And my mother is in good health.
ReplyDeleteBut after my father's death and my sister moved into a new home, I thought it would be a good idea for my mum to sell her house and move into a retirement home. The advantages were not so much the health professionals on hand, but the fact that she would have plenty of company. She still got out every day and drove herself around, but then she went back home to a large, empty house on a farm, and I was sure she would be better off in a small place with neighbours and social activities. Happily, she agreed. And she has been happy in her new home. I think happier than had she moved in with one of my brothers or sisters, and she has plenty of visits from her family, who are probably also happier not living with mum.
As Ice suggests, the old ways of past generations are not always the best, which reminds me of a point that comes out in Joyce's latest blog post - changing circumstances in society can and perhaps should prompt reconsideration of traditional social customs and ideas.
Thank you for your comment Peter ! It's great to hear that your mum is happy with her new home.
DeleteIce. Your both reasons sound quite reasonable because it is beneficial for senior citizens to live safely and happily in the last period of life in case that their family is okay and agree this idea. Yet, I am not sure that if those people lives in nursing home, they may think that their descendants have taken them for granted. Moreover, in Thai or other countries’ culture, some people may view that this idea might be morally acceptable because someone neglecting to take care the elderly people who are their parents lack gratitude. However, this viewpoint may change later and it is pretty hard to say that to take old people to live in care home is totally a good or bad idea. It depends on individual belief, attitude, reasons, and necessity.
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