People tended not to linger as long, and had tons of children and grandchildren to look after them. My grandfather had a heart attack and bypass fifteen years

People tended not to linger as long, and had tons of children and grandchildren to look after them. My grandfather had a heart attack and bypass fifteen years ago. He's been pretty much bedridden for the last two of those, needing my mother to look after him full time. My grandmother passed away after 6+ months of needing more and more oxygen. The last three months she needed full time care. 100 years ago they both wouldn't have lasted more than 2-3 months, and would have needed very little care for most of that time.