• TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world
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    what the fuck are you talking about? elders require care because they can’t care for themselves. they regress into infancy as they age and their body/mind deteriorates. my mother had dementia and was nothing more than drolling infant before she died and she lived in taht state for over a year. and the facility she was in was full of people in various states of failing health that required professional care.

    80 year olds can’t improve their situation, they are slowly dying.

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      elders require care because they can’t care for themselves. they regress into infancy as they age and their body/mind deteriorates

      This isn’t true of all old people.

      what the fuck are you talking about?

      Age alone can’t be used as the only determining factor for having the capability for independence at either end of the age spectrum.

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        it’s true of old people who need elder care.

        fit and healthy old people don’t live with their families nor do they live in care facilities. they typically live alone because they can.