I am used to talking to family members seeking placement for a loved one who they had promised never to "put" in a nursing home.
I have heard Medicare officials say nursing home owners were encouraging the unnecessary insertion of artificial feeding tubes to qualify people for Medicare payment.
I am less likely to defend the nursing home as a provider because, as an aging Baby Boomer, I will soon be a consumer.
I will be a geezer from hell (as elder activists were called, for those too young to remember).
Let's create the places we want to call home while we feel young and strong, even if we are middle aged.
