And the EGE was not there then, and the elderly were respected and supported.

by Fuck. It also teaches. Respect for old age and childhood is entirely and entirely the blasphemy of modern consumer society (C), which is humane even to those who love to strike it from the height.
The glorious customs of mourning excessive mouths, old as well as young, with hunger, sending the grandmother-grandfather in the winter for the sickness, if only they did not return, the wonderful proverbs about the birth and the fatigue - this is our past, the sickness is not sickness.
No one wanted to walk after the infirmity, and respect for the elderly is in fact equal to respect for people 45-50 years old, already experienced and still strong.
That society is a utilitarian society, when there is no benefit from you, you are not needed. A multi-generational family in the same territory was the result of more burdens than the desire to take care of the first generation.