I agree with you in that the best care that can be provided is one through genuine goodwill. However I would argue that the vast majority of people are very se

I agree with you in that the best care that can be provided is one through genuine goodwill. However I would argue that the vast majority of people are very selfish and do not have much more than a token amount of generosity beyond themselves or at least their immediate family. Thus while not the ideal situation, some amount of mandatory force by society is the next best, imperfect, option I can think of. I'm Korean, and it's been traditional in Korea for children to take care of their parents when the become old. Often times this meant multigenerational households where the elderly would live together with one of their adult children. But this too is changing, and today, quite a few of the elderly are either left alone or put into nursing homes.