American families have by and large abandoned their older members. Depression is a serious problem for older people. The numbers of older people are growing. The vast majority of older people are self-sufficient. Mental confusion is an inevitable, incurable consequence of old age.
Intelligence declines with age.
If a person has been smoking for 30 or 40 years, it does no good to quit. Older people should stop exercising and rest. Even among those who live to be 80 or older, only 20-25 percent develop Alzheimer's disease or some other incurable form of brain disease. The American family is still the number-one caretaker of older Americans. Fortunately, depression is treatable.