“…The separation from remaining children exacerbates active terrors in the elderly, which center on their already heightened sense of vulnerability. The nursing home is unable to nurture its residents with the love and security once provided by family members, and nursing home elderly become emotionally malnourished (Farrar, Ryder, and Bleakner, 1961;Rosen, 1962;Kastenbaum, 1979).…”