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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I have an aunt without kids and all of the nieces and nephews keep a check on her.  [/b]We'll invite her to take vacations with us and take turns visiting throughout the year.  It's not much different than what we do with our parents.

She's a snowbird and lives in FL through the winter.  What's interesting is that her friends will always say things like, "I wish my kids visited half as much as your nieces and nephews do!"  There are also a LOT of older people, couples and singles, without kids where she lives.  They all look out for each other.  [/quote]

The problem with our current society is that very few elderly people will leave near nieces and nephews.  I'm not that close with my nieces and nephews because they didn't grow up near me.  This is becoming the norm as more and more people move away from their hometowns. How many nieces and nephews are going to look after an elderly Aunt that doesn't live near them and they're not that close too?  Especially when they have their own elderly parents they have to contend with? [/quote]

Elderly relatives most likely can't afford to do all the frequent moving that would be required to be near family members. Not to mention young people move to high cost of living places to get jobs, whereas older people want to move somewhere low COL so their retirement money goes farther.[/quote]

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