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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

Have you done it?  You are not helpful at all.  I did it for a year and it almost broke me.  I couldn't work, could not leave the house or turn my back for a minute.  We have a small house, so that was another huge issue.[/quote]

No judgement here. Believe me I get it.  I'm currently touring nursing homes in Maryland and Florida.

I'm guessing in 3rd world locations seniors just don't live as long.[/quote]
Perhaps, but if they do they probably also haven't been chronically ill for as long. Our elderly are more obese and have more health problems than ever. Many older folks I know can hardly get around because they never exercised a day in their life and drank coke and ate doritos for decades. People in other countries aren't as sick as we are.[/quote]

I think that when they get sick in less developed countries it's more or less a death sentence.  People are living longer in the US because they have had access to decent medical care, including immunizations against childhood diseases, since they were babies.  We have better access to food and clean water and life is generally more comfortable and requires less physical labor than a life in a less developed country requires.[/quote]

Stay on topic and stop the rambling.  [/quote]

eh, you weren't following along with the conversation.  Earlier in the thread another poster mused that eldercare is handled differently in other parts of the world - family members take care of the elderly.  It was pointed out that other parts of the world don't have nearly the life expectancy that we have in the US so there is a reason why we handle things differently here.  We have senior communities because we can generally expect to be seniors for awhile.  Op's mom is a case in point.  I'll bet that she was pretty darned active when she was 85 and maybe even when she was 90.[/quote]

This has nothing to do with OP.   OP cannot care for her at home.  It’s a nonissue. [/quote]

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