Gosh..after reading all these posts, I think I will make it clear in my living will, and to my kids, that I don't want my life "extended" by going to a nursing home/assisted living home....think I would rather die in my own bed. All these stories, and the stories one hears/reads about the abuse of the elderly in these homes....well, think I'll just get onto the next life a little faster...and that's ok by me!! I would be terrified to have "strangers" look after me........and my things!!!