NURSING HOME When a became a senior citizen a good several years ago, I started looking for a Nursing Home, just in case I would be needing to enter one. Feeling that all my children would go abroad and no one would be left to take care of me and my wife I decided to scout for a good Home for the Aged. I volunteered my services to a private Nursing Home, the Haven of Peace Foundation, on condition that when I turn too old to offer my services I would be freely accepted as one of the boarders. The Board of Trustees liked my idea but how to implement fully my many suggestions would take a lot of brainstorming to be realized. So I went to the Golden Acres, the Government’s Home for the Aged to inquire if my suggestions would find ways in the institution. In the course of my conversation with the Chief she was somehow amused when I told her that I have five children, all professionals and were all doing good. But her amusement turned serious when I asked her if she was sure her own children would decide to take care of her when she reach her ripe age. Anyway she suggested to me about a good Nursing Home called Mama’s Care, run by Belgian Nuns, somewhere in Tanza Cavite. I forgot all about it until last week when me and my wife was discussing the fate of a relative who was beginning to show signs of Alzheimer’s disease and might be needing a Nursing Home soon. We decided to go to Tanza to find and inquire at Mama’s care. Not knowing the exact location, we started inquiring here and there until we were shown many places none of them Mama’s Care. At one point a talkative woman heard us inquiring and volunteered herself to accompany us to the place which according to her was not in Tanza but at next town, General Trias. After tolerating all the traffics and other obstacles along the way, we reached a placed with beautiful building and a well cared surrounding. But it was not Mama’s Care and wasn’t run by Belgian Nuns. Instead we discovered Mama’s Hope Haven, a private Foundation run by the Born Again Christians catering to lost and abandoned senior citizens and youth. It seemed to be a very good place to stay but they only accept the lost and abandoned individuals. Realizing that is was not that easy to find a Nursing Home nearby I finally ended up googling just to discover hundreds of Nursing Homes offering all kinds of services that now I wasn’t sure if it was my senior limitations that made me confused as to which was which among the Homes for the Elderly. My wife and I agreed to scout further until we find the one Home for the Elder that offers the best bargain, just in case we need to stay in one.