Many people wrongly believe that when people reach old age, their families place them in nursing homes. They are left in the ____1____ of strangers for the rest of their lives.Their ____2____ children visit them only occasionally,
but more often, they do not have any ____3____ visitors.The truth is that this idea is an unfortunate myth-an ____4____ story. In fact, family members provide over 80 percent of the care ____5____ elderly people need. Samuel Prestoon, a sociologist, studied ____6____ the American family is changing. He reported that by the time the ____7____ American couple reaches 40 years of age, they have more parents than children. ____8____ , because people today live longer after an illness than people did years ____9____ , family members must provide long term care. More psychologists have found that all caregivers ____10____ a common characteristic: All caregivers believe that they are the best ____11____ for the job.In other words, they all felt that they ____12____ do the job better than anyone else.Social workers ____13____ caregivers to find out why they took ____14____ the responsibility of caring for an elderly relative.Many caregivers believed they had ____15____ to help their relative.Some stated that helping others ____16____ them feel more useful.Others hoped that by helping ____17____ now, they would deserve care when they became old and ____18____ .Caring for the elderlyand being taken care of can be a ____19____ satisfying experience for everyone who might be ____20____ .
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