It's been my experience that people who say we put our parents in homes too quickly haven't gone through it, and generally have no idea what they are talking about.
+1, having been there. The sad fact is that our medical knowledge can keep people alive long after they are able to care for themselves or co-operate in their own care, and in doing so, they require full time care, much as an infant might.
The very, very harsh reality is that in the old days, (my grandparents generation) most people simply died of something else before they got to that point.
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