When my great-grandparents needed help, my parents moved in and took over the heavy work so they could stay in their own home, on the farm. This was 50 years ago.
When my grandmother and my parents began to have trouble keeping up, my brother moved back to the farm to help. This allowed my parents to stay in their home (the same home as above), until they died.
Absolutely none of it was because of "THE ECONOMY." It was because families take care of each other, if there is any way to do so.
It's too bad a DUmmy needs to get angry and blame the government instead of being grateful that he still has parents, and that they want him.