> this is of course because their offspring, the present working-age demographic, are busier than ever at work. Even if I was retired, I wouldn't want to spend

> this is of course because their offspring, the present working-age demographic, are busier than ever at work. Even if I was retired, I wouldn't want to spend several hours of my day nursing someone. I'm not good at that, and I don't enjoy it. > people would live in multigenerational homes I would much sooner live in a small apartment with my wife than have either of my parents in my house. They aren't my friends, I don't enjoy their company, I would be constantly avoiding topics that my wife and I talk about freely like politics or sexuality. One of my parents doesn't know that I'm transgender and the other one isn't thrilled about it. I would expect a lot of negativity about that. > I’ve always felt they were essentially warehousing elderly people so that their families didn’t have to look after them. Maybe they're a local maximum. We've realized that taking care of seniors, especially when they live longer than ever in gradually worsening health, doesn't sound like a good use of our time. But euthanizing them is obviously off the table. [1] So the nursing home evolved as a way to 'politely' live as though your parents or grandparents have already died. Nobody really likes it, but the alternatives are worse. [1] It might have been acceptable in a small farming village in the old days where the alternative was everyone starving. But it's hard to justify when the only thing I might lose from a multigenerational lifestyle is my own happiness, my free time, my freedom, a lot of money, and my marriage. If I only stand to lose everything _but_ my life, it sounds selfish to say I want them to live somewhere else.