Should the Elderly receive more care from their families?

yes. but you shouldn't force people.but it should be encouraged

Of course children should give more care to their elderly parents. But in today's world that isn't always possible with both partners working to just keep the wolf from their door. So it's often a no win situation.

I am one of the lucky ones. My daughter and son-in-law have six children, three foster children and two adult special needs people in their care. However, when I fell and broke my leg, they were right there to move me into their home. And to insist that I give up my apartment and continue to live with them. Unfortunately, not all of us elderly are nearly as lucky as I am.

Each situation needs to be evaluated by the family.

One thing that would help (with Obama sticking his nose into everything else) would be to compensate families who have the care of an elderly parent. But he doesn't appear to have much concern for the elderly so that's not going to happen.

Laws would not resolve the issue. There are currently laws that deal with Elder abuse, but I believe what you are talking about is not considered abuse, but avoidance. I believe that it is up to people to cultivate relationships even within families. My Mother was a difficult woman to get along with, but out of duty I visited her once a week until she died. My Father lived in another state and for most of my life I could not afford to visit him. However, we were close and wrote the most wonderful letters, most of which I had enough sense to save. My own children are close, but I have taught them to respect my independence and so the one who lives closes has some problems accepting that as I age there are somethings I just cannot do physically any more. It doesn't mean I am neglected. It means I taught my children to accept my independence and now I have to explain to them that I am not as independent as I once was.

It's not fair to force the family they amy have children to look after or not enough money. Also the elderly wont want ot be a a burden im sure.

More help is needed for the elderly you cant force people, some people dont have the skills to look after their relative, they need to be in a nursing home or have a caring to come and help.

I'd look after my parents and my grandparents before i put thme into a home but you cant force people its not right

You cant judge the situaiton unless you know the reason

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Yes they should if possible. If an elderly person is confused or has a debilitating illness it may not be realistic to expect young family members to provide care ( and they don't have the medical skills).

Each situation should be evaluated individually since it may not be possible to avoid a Nursing Home.

I doubt there would ever be any legislation that would force people to do this.

Making someone take care of a person they don't want to take care of, breeds contempt and leads to abuse. There is a difference between neglect and refusing to care for an elder. Many people do not have the skills required to care for another person. They may not have the space to accommodate another person, and they may not have adequate time to take care of another person. As much as I think it would be great if elders could stay with loving, caring, family, you cannot force people to do what they don't want to do, or may not be able to do. You can't force people to care.

No one can force children to take care of their elderly parents, but morally they should. Years ago the old people lived with their children and everything went well. The young children loved to sit with their grandparents and talk, read, go for walks and ask for advice. Today we live in a society where people put themselves first and don't want to be bothered with anyone else. Two adults in most households hold down full time jobs and their goal in life is to have 2 cars, a big home, a summer home, a maid and whatever else money can buy.

I think that, if we once fed our kids, changed their diapers, bathed them and loved them, then we should get the same treatment from them when we reach the "Golden Years." Nursing homes are not on my list of places I want to go, but for some of the elderly there is no other option. My children have already offered me a room in their homes and when the time comes I will gladly live with them. I will try very hard to mind my own business and not meddle in family affairs, but I will look forward to the love and attention I will get from my grandchildren. In regard to your question about making it a law for families to care for their elderly, I don't think it would ever pass Congress. Besides, I would not want to live with my children if they did not want me there. They would only make my life miserable.

Yes, there should be something like they have for child neglect, that after a certain age a parent should be put under elderly neglect and there is alot of this and it should be stopped and elderly people should be given more attention to just like the children are. I look at it this way, you took care of your children when they were sick and every aspect of growing up and now they need you, just like you needed them.

You can't force people to care for the elderly family members. If the family doesn't want to care for them then they may be treated worse than if they were in senior housing or assistant living. The thing we need to do is educate the younger family members from an early age that some day they may have to care for Mom and Dad or Grandma and Grandpa. Right now if you have young children you can start talking to them about aging and how when family members get old they may need help. Most elderly won't ask for help. They don't want to be a burden. While I was raising my little ones my Grandmother was in her 90's. Her children were going to put her in a convalescent home. I went to see the place and just couldn't see my Grandma living there. I had an extra room at my house so I asked if she could come live with me. She was not problem and it taught my children about caring for an older person. She was a delight to have around. She always had something nice to say and she appreciated everything I did for her. She was part of a family and she had a family to eat meals with and go places with. She died at the age of 97 from complications of a broken hip. My Mother is coming to live with my husband and me on July 12. She is 94. I have been asking her for years to come live with us but she didn't want to be a burden so she kept turning me down. Then my husband took her to breakfast one morning and asked her if she would please come live with us and she said yes. She still drives but she is no longer comfortable living alone. She has fallen a few times and she was doing things that she is really to old to be doing. We are looking forward to her living with us. I just can't see forcing families to care for the senior members of their family if they don't want to. It would only cause misery for these seniors to be some place where they are not wanted. We just need to educate our young people on the importance of caring for their senior relatives.

Some parents haven't deserved to be looked after by their children. My children have both offered to take me in when my illness becomes so bad that I need full-time care and I have refused. I want them to have happy lives raising their own children and I don't want to subject my beloved grandchildren to seeing me bed ridden and dying. I was selfish enough to bring my children into this world and they owe me very little. When my own mother was terminally ill, I was working full time, bringing up my two children because their father had by then left and was rushing over to my mother's every night to clean for her and keep her company. I was worn out and resentful when she finally died ten months later.