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Originally Posted by Jason14h
And who is going to pay for this ?
There are amazing old age homes if you want/are able to pay for it.
Like everything - education , healthcare, nursing homes - if you expect the government to pay and give you the best service you better be willing to pay much more in taxes, which people usually aren’t.
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I see your point. However, I think for many changes the added cost will not be that excessive.
I think it will take better leadership, and thinking outside the box to make things better for the elderly. One of the best things to come along fairly recently is to spend money on home care in order to keep the elderly in their own home. Also I think tax incentives for people who leave their job to care for their elders is a good move.
In the old days in Canada, many elderly family members came to live with their young. This was the case in my and my wife's family. However, this is seldom the case nowadays. Perhaps we have had it too good for too long, and our values have changed accordingly.
IMO putting a family member in a low income nursing home should be a last resort.