[cityofdelusion]

The United States needs to take a long, hard look at the current culture of dumping the elderly into a nursing home. From what I understand, there are many cultures that instead take in the elderly into their own homes or try to keep them in their own home. I remember reading a good book on the subject, _Being Mortal_ by Dr. Gawande, a few years back. It was an eye-opener to the realities of how we treat end-of-life care in the U.S.

[glofish]

not sure why you think this is a US problem, in other countries these ratios are even higher

it is a developed world problem

simply put the way people live/work is not suited to multi-generational families - I wish it were

[ianai]

Agreed. Blaming one another isn’t constructive. Framing it as a needed cultural change goes further.

[rowanG077]

I'm not sure this is feasable. Assuming a family where both adults work it doesn't really seem possiblee to handle this. In the worst case you will have 4 elderly people to handle. You also have to take into account that modern medicine extends the time these elderly people need care significantly.

[battery423]

So you are saying i have to take care of my parents?

Why?

[nikolay]

I think it's much worse in Europe.