Question: Is it moral to send one's parents to an old age home when they are helpless & need your love? Can we ever compensate for the love and care they gave us in our childhood and how many sacrifices they did towards our upbringing?

Answer: Most old age homes are horrible and don't take care of your love ones, trust me I know, one of my relatives died in one from neglect. There's an old saying, "they have taken care of you, now it's time to take care of them." I would never send my parents to a home. My brothers, sisters and I took care of our father when diabetes took his sight, had 2 heart attacks, was told he only had six months to live, gone through 2 amputations, and damaged his kidneys. My mother has hypertension and kidney failure and I will be there for her until the very end. Some people do not give their parents enough credit for the sacrifices and love that they have given them. I personally believe that placing parents in a home is a terrible resort unless you are completely incapable of taking care of them yourself.
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