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Anyone have experience with a loved one going through the usual elderly issues such as a nursing home? My grandfather has terminal cancer and recently had to be admitted to the hospital - pneumonia. He's unable to swallow and now it's either feeding tube or he's simply going to pass soon, judging from what people have indicated. I don't really need to discuss the ethical dilemma here, but I wanted to know if nursing homes are as bad as everyone says they are. If he gets a feeding tube put in, the homecare worker is not allowed to help with that type of feeding, so he has to be placed in a nursing home to help with that type of thing. Also if you have any info on how difficult it is to deal with a feeding tube, please share.