Yes. How quickly that ages old "given" has just been lost. Well, not totally - but the default seems "shove 'em off somewhere, when the become a "burden."
90 yr old, blind and somewhat addled F-I-L lives with us. It ain't easy and often inconvenient. But, it helps me to remind my self that it is mere obedience to what I am called to be as a Christian.
I know. It's sad that our culture often forgets that--I understand that there are times where one needs professional services like nursing homes (and sometimes even the person involved chooses them), but to dump them there, or to leave them in an apartment while you go do your own thing (like those elderly who died in France the summer before from the heat while their kids vacationed) is something I couldn't do.