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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are foreigners and are part of the international community in DC, who usually has grandparents living abroad in people's home countries.

If there's enough money and health, distance is not a problem. When one or both are missing, then distance becomes a problem. And when it comes to eldercare at a distance when all able-bodied younger relatives are far away - there is a HUGE problem.

So please have a little more humility and respect, OP, for adverse situations in life.
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This. And no, you cannot hop on a plane to have lunch with your kids / grandkids or to babysit. But could drive for that for a couple of hours. It’s just not the same - having the ability for daily interaction (all else being equal).[/quote]

That all makes sense, but there's usually nothing to be done other than expressing empathy when parents/grandparents complain.  Like, there is no way my spouse would agree to my hometown, nor would I agree to move to their hometown.  We like where we live.  If our parents wanted to move near us, that would be nice, but neither of us is an only child, and our siblings are spread out. If our parents get sick and need our physical presence regularly, we would have to move them to us.[/quote]

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