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I'm not sure this fits into the conversation, but I'll try and tie it in. I was watching a doco last night called "Tony Robinson: Me and My Mum". I looks at dementia and care of old people etc. One of the families shown on the show was two daughters whose dad had fallen down and broken his hip. As neither of them had the time/money to care for him they put him into an aged care facility. You could see he was clearly upset with being shipped off into this place, and both his daughters said clearly "you are not here forever, just until you get better, then you'll come home". As they said it I was thinking what an awful lie to say to someone (he died with a fortnight).
Now to tie this back into a conversation with kids - I would like to think that regardless of the situation that being truthful is the right thing to do. Children over a certain age have a pretty good bullshit meter, so I think you have to be pretty up front about things. Only you know how much info / padding your children need though and in what kind of terms it needs to be delivered.
It sounds like you handled the situation pretty well and have a nice heads up on what to do next time something 'bad' happens.
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