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Hi, I'm part of the system of strangers that takes care of the elderly in America. Most of them do have children, and are abandoned to the system. They are in a similar position to those without, but there are some whose families do still visit at the facility, and those do tend to be the ones doing the best.
It's iust a general trend though. Exceptions exist on both sides