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Struggling with putting loved one in assisted living

The decision to place a loved one with Alzheimer's into an assisted living or nursing facility can be a grueling - not to mention financially difficult - decision. In most cases, experts said, family members hold off for as long as possible, waiting until situations reach a crisis point.

"They feel like failures that they have to resort to a residential placement," said Barbara Vogel program...

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