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What do other cultures do for people who can no longer take care of themselves?
by CincinnatiMan 5y ago
What do other cultures do for people who can no longer take care of themselves?
- garmaine 5y agoLive in multi-generational family units where the family shares responsibility for (and benefits from) their own elders.
- fires10 5y agoI wonder about the generational demographics of different cultures and how that impacts things. Many western cultures have fewer children to bear the burden of taking care of the elderly. The populations are shrinking for native born.
- Ekaros 5y agoAlso people tend to live lot longer and specially lot longer with limited capabilities. So there is more of those needing support and lot more support needed.
- pempem 5y agoIt'd be remiss to not note most of the time in culture where multi generational family units are the norm, responsibility lands on women in the home or household support in extended families and the economy doesn't often require two incomes to be middle class.
- MattGaiser 5y agoIndeed. The household has a full time employee/manager there so to speak.
- cascom 5y agoThis. But would also add 1) live in socialist countries that provide home care, or 2) or live in countries where there is extremely cheap labor due to endemic poverty (much of the third world), low rates of labor participation, or imported labor (HK/Singapore/Gulf states)
- symlinkk 5y agoYou can do that in America. People don’t do it because they don’t want to. Would you enjoy living with your parents again?
- tyoma 5y agoThis is typically true for the elderly who can take care of themselves or require minimal help. Once you need round the clock dementia care, it is more than extended family can provide — unless one or more adults take themselves out of the workforce for years.
- WalterBright 5y agoNomadic tribes would simply leave them behind.
- slapfrog 5y agoOr the elderly would wander off on their own to die, after they perceived themselves to be a burden.
- Ekaros 5y agoAnd need to consider that elderly being able to wander off is still good state today. They could very well survive with relatively affordable assisted living. But in some cases we are keeping people alive who can't even walk anymore.
- MattGaiser 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senicide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senicide