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Respecting Older People
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Chinese people respect their elderly parents.
Is it just the Chinese who care for their elders parents in old age?
Is it just the Chinese who care for their elders parents in old age?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Good morning Mamy - I am a great believer of the Chinese taking care of their elderly parents - I always believe when a mother nurtures her children until they get (children) old and when the mother gets sick - the children (if they are in the position) ie (living in same country etc) should nurture their mother - but it doesn't happen - There was one family whom I loved and their mother. There were 8 daughters - mother was a fantastic woman - a real lady and an independent one - I loved her - so I thought when she took Alzheimers - they should have shared responsibility in caring for her in their own homes sporadically (the lady in question - violent no - humbling - yes - childlike -yes - yet to this day never could understand them putting her into a home to die. Didn't happen to my mum. I can tell you however, I did shoulder the responsibility even though there 8 of us too and I worked full-time. She never went into a home - yes a hospital where she died.
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We still have the mother in law living with us and wouldn't dream of putting her into a home. What we must also realise is that many houses and homes are just not suitable to have elderly folk living in them, it is often safer for them to be in a home, often due to peoples specific needs. I think in general we respect the elderly, I know I do.
I think there's two things here..respect in a general way and what families do in extremis. Having worked in the NHS with older people with all kinds of needs, and with their families, I can tell you its a "walk a mile in my shoes" thing. I would not presume to judge what other people do. Yes there are ungrateful children but there are also nightmare parents and also nightmare circumstances.
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