The problem with the concept of "doing it the way it was always done" is that with modern medicine, our parents and grandparents can live decades past when they would have passed away even a few decades ago.
One of the consequences of advanced medical care is that elder care can becomes a decades-long commitment. Not just Grandpa and Grandma living with you a couple years and then passing away after they can no longer live alone.
I do understand where you are coming from, but I do not agree that letting the elderly relatives live with you for decades is a good idea. A nursing home or elder community lets them live with others of their generation, and you SHOULD go visit them regularly.
The problem with the concept of "doing it the way it was always done" is that with modern medicine, our parents and grandparents can live decades past when they would have passed away even a few decades ago.
One of the consequences of advanced medical care is that elder care can becomes a decades-long commitment. Not just Grandpa and Grandma living with you a couple years and then passing away after they can no longer live alone.
I do understand where you are coming from, but I do not agree that letting the elderly relatives live with you for decades is a good idea. A nursing home or elder community lets them live with others of their generation, and you SHOULD go visit them regularly.