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From the BBC:

“Because of the one-child policy there are fewer children in China. So, many schools are changing into old people’s homes. It’s very common now.” On the ground floor, the residents queue up for lunch. Some of them have pensions to pay the care home fees. Others rely on their children to pay for them. In the next few decades, this burden will get heavier and heavier.

In the US, locations like Philadelphia assisted living are getting more common. However, for a developing country like the Philippines, it doesn’t seem like we’ll have this problem anytime soon. I’ve met with people who have at least 3 or 4 siblings and some as many as 17. The problem is the lack of ability to generate income.

Living with grandparents in the house isn’t anything different to us, Filipinos. We have always had extended families living together. An uncle or aunt would be living with us or close to us. I had also experienced living with my grandma, my dad’s sister, her husband, and my 2 cousins. Good thing we were still living in a regular or rather a 5-bedroom house then, otherwise it would have been a cramped environment.

Have you tried living with relatives? It might be them living in your house or you living in theirs, how was the experience?