Plenty of earlier cultures revered the elderly and took care of them with kindness and respect!
Not joking here - my husbands grandmother passed away in a “better’ nursing home - the Dr. put her cause of death down as
DEHYDRATION.
Yes. Thing is she paid her own way there for the first four years, then MOST of her funds were gone. Medi-caid/care had to pick up about 50% after that, but we still paid her private medical insurance.
And she died of DEHYDRATION. The nurses didn’t do SQUAT - even about informing us there was a problem.
You’re correct. I think that’s one of the measures of a culture’s quality. I was venting a little about the widespread American habit of warehousing human beings. Out of sight, out of mind.