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**viagbloggerz** · 06-15-2012, 05:45 AM

On the whole, yes. But look at it this way - if people could employ live-in carers for their parents at the same rates as in the DR, many more elderly people would be able to live in their own homes or with their adult children. It's not just culture, it's economics and lifestyle.

Economics or lifestyle doesn't change the Dominican approach to elders living-in with us!

It's a matter of culture, embedded for generations in our country. You can see a 60+ year old man still calling his elderly mother "Mommy" and father "Papi" unlike in places like the states or elsewhere.

06-15-2012, 05:45 AM	#4
viagbloggerz Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 405 Senior Member	On the whole, yes. But look at it this way - if people could employ live-in carers for their parents at the same rates as in the DR, many more elderly people would be able to live in their own homes or with their adult children. It's not just culture, it's economics and lifestyle. Economics or lifestyle doesn't change the Dominican approach to elders living-in with us! It's a matter of culture, embedded for generations in our country. You can see a 60+ year old man still calling his elderly mother "Mommy" and father "Papi" unlike in places like the states or elsewhere.
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