The loneliness of the old is a very modern curse - and it needs our children to lift it
In the Netherlands and some other countries, residential care for the elderly is part of the social security system. You pay for your residential care as part of your social insurance contributions during your lifetime. So the government has made it normal for the state to look after the elderly instead of families.
[ARTICLE] The Loneliness Of The Old Is A Very Modern Curse – And It Needs Our Children To Lift It8/30/2016
Why spending time with lonely old people can be problematic: No matter how well told, a story about their latest and greatest bowel movement is not good dinner conversation. It's just not. Please. No sound effects.
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Doesn't it! But okay. Let's be honest here. When grounded for something that was TOTALLY NOT YOUR FAULT, what teenager didn't wish their parents would meet an untimely demise under the weight of an ACME anvil? [SHOW OF HANDS PLEASE?] But now... #sigh
In this episode Leighann shares a story about the air conditioner wars being waged this summer in her multigenerational house. It gets hot. And not in a good way.
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