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There are press articles about German people sending their parents in other countries[1], including in France's EHPAD [0] (elderly care).

And in France a month in elderly care (EHPAD) is currently around 1800 euro (it depends of the severity of the illnesses). This is nearly the mid salary in France!

[0] https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89tablissement_d%27h%C3%A9...

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/dec/26/german-elderly...

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Important to keep perspective: The study found ~10k eldery Germans living in Eastern Europe, and presumes more in other countries. Let's say 100k German seniors got deported by their family, living under questionable conditions.

That is not even remotely in the same ballpark as the ~70 million elderly unable to buy food in the US (cited in the OP). However it is true that there is an underlying problem in probably most of the West...

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