Read This Before Deciding To Put Your Mum In A Care Home

[wolf63]

This old lady didn't want to go into a care home. She doesn't seem like your average little old lady - more like the mother from hell.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44707643

[Mamyalynne]

What a sorry tale.

[kvalidir]

Trying to play devil's advocate here but I imagine she was terrible frightened, hurt and upset and this would be what you call a crime of passion. She may also be suffering from some sort of Dementia which can affect people's ability to think clearly. I can't imagine she wished anything to end this way. Terribly sorry for all concerned.

[woofgang]

kval I agree.....demented people with guns....a very bad mix.

[Hazi-Hammenuhoth]

How utterly bizarre! And ironically, she is likely to have her accomodation provided by the US taxpayer for the rest of her days...

[wolf63]

I worked in the benefits system for nearly 25 years and was only physically assaulted once - by a little old lady with a bad temper and a heavy walking stick.

There is always more to a story than reported in the media but regardless of the background her son is dead and she is going to be locked up somewhere or other until she dies.

[-SharonA-]

Yes on the news. Now she is going into a nice big care home!

[hereIam]

How very sad this is.

[pastafreak]

Yes, very sad. I do wonder how prisons accommodate someone of such advanced years?

[EDDIE51]

In the UK she would be in a dedicated hospital unit inside a womans prison. But the murder was in the USA,& their prisons are MUCH worse and far more inhumane than ours.( you should read some of the horror stories on the US site Quora)
What a terrible indictment of the US gun law, a 'little old lady' with two fully loaded guns in her house and she was ready to use them.

[roopower]

Very sad, I agree. On a lighter note, there was a notice in my mum's care home that read " Be good to your children - they choose your care home".

[woofgang]

Apparently she was living with her son and his partner so the guns may not have been hers....evidently she had access to them though and to the ammo.

[Jordyboy99]

roopower,the notice in your mums care home is wrong not just your children pick your care home Next of Kin also have that power

[ummmm]

Next of kin have no power. You can nominate anyone as next of kin.