Elderly who are fortunate enough to remain within society most definitely progress much better than placed in homes where little to no contact is made with the outside world.
Our elders have volumes of knowledge ready to share, youth would be richer taking the time to learn about how their lives affect the next generation.
How often does one see families where three or four generations still take care of each other?
@joanstewart very true. My friend has a community here close to Sanlameer. They call it tent city. They have more than a hundred adults and twelve children that they feed daily. They are totally dependable on donations. You won't believe how many people drop off their parents there because they don't want to take care of them. It's heartbreaking. Then they have the audacity to come fetch them over weekends to take them out for lunch! I think in any case in this country the norm will become that children and parents move in together to look after each other.
Both my sons have are in the home, the older did leave for a short spell years ago.
During the lockdown period I was grateful we were all together, younger with his wife in a flatlet on premises. At the moment we are trying to assist both to get out of the country with no future here for them.
Old age homes being well established for many years have very good support system, although most aged are left there and seldom visited by family.
Caravan park with younger folk and children always looking for assistance which locals try oblige, hardship hitting more and more it is heartbreaking to see.