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**doctorzlo** · 06-25-2012, 12:39 PM

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dear zebra !
i am senior citizen and posted my views also . my children never invite us to take care of their children .they extend their invitation only to share their love . even when we say that we are of no use in their day to day activities,they get annoyed & say the main aim is to make opportunity for us to have pleasant stay with grand children .they make full insurance cover for our stay and plan the itinerary in accordance with our consent . even if they never mind out the expenditure ,it is our mind setup to calculate everything in conversion of £ or $
the problem will be during transition from one generation to second generation.
guruvayurappan

I commend your observations. Our children invite us primarily to enable us to enjoy the company of the grandchildren.

A slight dissonance in your post, when you say: “….they make full insurance cover for our stay and plan the itinerary in accordance with our consent . even if they never mind out the expenditure , it is our mind setup to calculate everything in conversion of £ or $ the problem will be during transition from one generation to second generation.”

It would seem to suggest that such a mind setup is somehow faulty or offensive.

While the first part of the quote is the ‘leit motif’, it is a bit off the mark to say “our mind setup to calculate everything in ….$” .

In fact this mind setup is not far from that of any average middle-class senior American citizen who prefers not to subject his children with the financial burden of senior care. Paying for insurance coverage for even healthy seniors (without pre-existing medical conditions) these days is a staggeringly huge expense ( around $400 to $500 per person) , even if they have a green card. They probably have to complete 5 years of resident status, after which government-sponsored Medicare may kick in if they also satisfy age criterion. The sponsored seniors have to be extraordinarily lucky to find some gainful employment, in which case the employer may pay for insurance coverage.These days, parents of NRIs may also have to worry about the stability of their wards’ job situation abroad, so the best recommendation would probably be “don’t burn your bridges”.

06-25-2012, 12:39 PM	#21
doctorzlo Join Date Jun 2006 Posts 4,488 Senior Member	post#15 dear zebra ! i am senior citizen and posted my views also . my children never invite us to take care of their children .they extend their invitation only to share their love . even when we say that we are of no use in their day to day activities,they get annoyed & say the main aim is to make opportunity for us to have pleasant stay with grand children .they make full insurance cover for our stay and plan the itinerary in accordance with our consent . even if they never mind out the expenditure ,it is our mind setup to calculate everything in conversion of £ or $ the problem will be during transition from one generation to second generation. guruvayurappan I commend your observations. Our children invite us primarily to enable us to enjoy the company of the grandchildren. A slight dissonance in your post, when you say: “….they make full insurance cover for our stay and plan the itinerary in accordance with our consent . even if they never mind out the expenditure , it is our mind setup to calculate everything in conversion of £ or $ the problem will be during transition from one generation to second generation.” It would seem to suggest that such a mind setup is somehow faulty or offensive. While the first part of the quote is the ‘leit motif’, it is a bit off the mark to say “our mind setup to calculate everything in ….$” . In fact this mind setup is not far from that of any average middle-class senior American citizen who prefers not to subject his children with the financial burden of senior care. Paying for insurance coverage for even healthy seniors (without pre-existing medical conditions) these days is a staggeringly huge expense ( around $400 to $500 per person) , even if they have a green card. They probably have to complete 5 years of resident status, after which government-sponsored Medicare may kick in if they also satisfy age criterion. The sponsored seniors have to be extraordinarily lucky to find some gainful employment, in which case the employer may pay for insurance coverage.These days, parents of NRIs may also have to worry about the stability of their wards’ job situation abroad, so the best recommendation would probably be “don’t burn your bridges”.
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