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Essay on Adjustments of Elderly having to move into Nursing homes
Have you ever had to move to another town? Do you remember what it was like — finding a new place, wondering what it would be there, would you find friends, how would you find your way around?Do you remember, as the move came up, what you felt? Some fear? Some excitement? Sadness at leaving the place where you have been living, maybe leaving things or people behind and wondering if you would see them again. Do you remember thinking about the memories, the events, the life that had gone on where you were? Do you remember leaving the house for the last time; maybe thinking that a part or a time in your life now was over?
Did you once, maybe, when you were a child, have no choice or say about a move when your father got a transfer, or there was a problem in the family. You wondered why you had to move, why you had to leave your friends, why maybe even you had to leave your dog or your cat. Did they surprise you with the move — spring it on you so it felt like your world was one of confusion? Maybe you looked for a way out, tried to delay it or find a way around it.
Do you remember what it was like when you got to your new place in your new town? Having to start building a life again, finding your way around, figuring out how people did things, or where they did them? Or who did what if something needed to be done?If you started in a new job in that new town, do you remember trying to remember all the names of your co-workers, and where everything was? Did you get embarrassed when you did something wrong, or you couldn’t remember? Do you remember the anxiety you had, and how you dealt with it? Maybe you got angry, maybe you got frustrated, maybe you tried to hide it......
