I'm old fashioned. I take care of the people around me and those less fortunate than me. My grandparents live in our family home and at times my uncles or aunts. We don't want them to go anywhere else, we're happy with them staying with us. It tends to be like that in my culture. I would probably do the same with my parents.

However with todays population increase and elderly outpopulating younger people - economically it would be better to kill the elderly population. Or what about euthanasia for those who feel they have nothing to live for except for a life of getting sicker etc. Just some thoughts..

There is a saying "do unto others as you would be done by ". Living to an old age is indeed a blessing for anyone; you see more of life's bounteous beauty when you live longer. Part of the beauty of life comes in seeing your children grow up and have their own children and then their children having their own. If you are denied this you will never enjoy the extended life.

When you take care of your elders, notwithstanding the fact that they are helpless and sometimes a burden on your privacy, you are sending home a signal to your offspring that this is how you would also like to be treated when you grow old. If you even entertain the thought that you should subject your elders to euthanesia or inter them to old age homes, then that is the life you should also expect for yourselves when you grown old ..

I would treat our elderly people with respect and affection.

Retirement community.

Those places are actually very nice.

The elderly should be taken care of by family unless they require 24 hour attention and no one in the family is available for 24 hour care.