[LearningToFly]

This is a very good topic, OpenEyes.

I have considered this in many different ways since I've have worked as a geriatric nurse and am in the process of caring for elderly parents and grandparents.

Currently there are many options available, in the US anyway for taking care of the elderly but they take a lot of ridiculous paperwork and having to give up most of the person's personal assets just to be in the system. And then you never know what kind of people will be coming into your home, though for the most part this has not been a problem for me.

I have thought about how wonderful it would be to be able to have smaller communities where the elders helped to watch over the children and the young people respected and assisted the elderly and infirm. I read something about this in a native american book about indian cultures recently, the circle of life and how the elderly are closer in the circle to being childrn.

It also goes along with the whole idea of having apprenticeships for young people, rather than the current high school system, which only less than a fourth of young people are able to focus on.

Assisting and respecting, listening to the wisdom, of our elders has become such a lost art and I envision it becoming a new one in a new way.

I know I haven't given any specific suggestions but the idea is to start the conversation. thank you for starting it!

LTF