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[quote=Anonymous]Not Asian but well aware of the “Asian model” of having an elder move in with a family member and keeping them out of institutional care. Tremendous respect for the thinking and cultural respect for the family and elders. However…this is often impractical, unhealthy and dangerous and I use my late father as an example. Parents both were determined that he remain at home despite a dementia diagnosis and failing physical health. Mom was told to never leave dad home alone, as he was a fall risk. She decided that she really needed to go to church and so left home alone. He fell, shattered his hip and post surgery, lived out his years in skilled nursing on deaths door. Agonizing, slow progressive death. Elderly are one fall or diagnosis away from having to be in a nursing home. No way could my mom bathe or even move my dad. They’d have had to completely renovate their home for it to be accessible and my mom refused.[/quote]
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