I have written about abandoned elderly in this post I have written last Thursday. I have also written about them in another post.
I know it is difficult to take care of the elderly considering the costs of the medication, incontinence supplies and medical check-ups among others. The change of behavior that goes with age is also something that goes with it.
On the other hand, it is good to stop and think about what they have done when they were younger. To the children who have the “burden” of taking care of their elderly parents, have they stop and thought about how their own parents took care of them and their needs?
One of the questions people would probably say is: If not for your parents, would you exist?
There is this story about a mother who gave a coconut husk to her elderly parent, her father, to use as a plate. When her son asked why she is letting the older parent use that, the mother replied that because the older parent is too weak, he might break their plates. The young child then went out to get a coconut and made another husk. When the mother asked what that was for, the child replied the husk was for her to use when she gets older like the grandfather.
So sad.
