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@Maker_of_Things @naturepunk I think a lot more western families used to take in their oldies too, but as pointed out in the article, this has become a long term project in a lot of cases. It used to be that oldies would often die within 3 or so months of moving into care (a comment on their health, not necessarily the standard of care), but that is no longer the case. Those oldies are hanging around a lot longer, which sometimes means their estates (if they had one to start with) are at risk of not lasting long enough to fund their care. And for those looking after indies at home, the prospect of doing so for 10-30 years is daunting! I was thinking about how the one child policy in China must be impacting people as those single children now deal with elderly parents, & in-laws.