Gale Hawkins wrote:
.....It is nice to know people care but in many cases today we are forgotten when we are no longer a financial asset to others....
I saw this more and more as I aged. The younger generations don't seem to feel the same way as the older generations where parents and other older relatives are concerned. There is no feeling of responsibility or real love toward them unless they are RICH. Disgusting isn't it? If their children or other relatives don't stand to gain substantial amounts of money or property, if they're not a financial asset, they can't get them into nursing homes or assisted living fast enough. That is if they maintain any contact with the old person at all.
Before someone attacks what I just wrote, I know there are families who do love and care about their elderly, even if they have no assets, but I'm not seeing that anywhere near as often as in the past.
