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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When I was growing up, most people in our neighborhood lived in multi-generational households. Typically a grandchild shared a bedroom with the frail elderly relative. [/quote]

Where did you grow up?  I can say that I have never once heard of anything like this. Ever. You seriously think that children should be responsible for helping their elderly parents get up off the floor when they fall down and that children should be helping their elderly grandparents to the bathroom at night?  Yikes.[/quote]

Much of the world takes care of the elderly in their home by family.  It is only in the western world, particularly in the US where putting seniors in nursing homes
away from their families and younger generations is common.[/quote]

We live in the U.S. and children are not typically not held responsible for the overnight supervision of their elderly grandparents.  Maybe that happens in other countries but it is far from the norm here.[/quote]

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