Discuss their will and don't leave all the care costs and inheritance matters until it's too late either through dementia, sickness or death. Discuss things while you are all in decent physical and mental state to save a lot of hassle and doubt later on. For instance, is there money in the will that could go towards a more comfortable care instead?
I am
a single child and I usually envy those who have siblings at home to take care of your parents. No Matter what, you have someone right there.
My parents are boomers, so I say "stick them in a home", just like they shafted their parents.
To be honest, I would rather be in a home getting proper care, than being an inconvenient burden on my children.
Honoring your mother and father is now the law in China and elsewhere.
Elderly parents in China can sue their grown children for both financial and emotional support. Filial piety is the law in China, India, France and the Ukraine. In Singapore, adult children who do not give their parents an allowance can face up to six months in jail. And in China, it's not just financial support; more than 1,000 parents have sued because their adult children don't visit them regularly. Companies are required to give workers time off to see their parents too, although that part of the law is apparently hard to enforce.
China is projected to have 636 million people over age 50 by 2050, or nearly 49 percent of the population -- up from 25 percent in 2010, according to a report in USA Today. And somebody needs to care for them, goes the government thinking.
Someone needs to care for them, and
care homes for the elderly is a rapidly growing business in China. As is being hired to be a companion (live in carer), by the family. However, this does not address the concerns of the original poster.
