Elderly In America

This article brought up a really interesting point about how Americans treat the elderly. It is crazy almost criminal the lack of respect that american have for the elderly. You too often hear people talking about putting their elderly parents in a home. Like she said in her article this would have never even crossed a japanese person's mind. There they are held with such high respect and regarded as someone who can give wisdom. I think a lot of the problem is that the US government acts as though the elderly dont exist. When I went to visit my great aunt and uncle in the Netherlands I was astonished at just how good they were taken care of. They government pays for most of their medical bills, some of their rent and utilities. They even make sure that each elderly household has high-speed internet. The government needs to take better care of the elderly after all they raised us!