Speaking of Japan, the Guardian Weekly reports: “Filial devotion used to be the keystone of a Japanese system of values bequeathed by Confucianism, but it has not survived urbanisation and the loosening of family ties: today, 85 per cent of Japanese die in hospitals or old people’s homes. ”
हॆल्पएज कीन्या का निदेशक, कामिलस वर कहता है: “वृद्धजनों को सहारा देने और उनकी सेवा करने की परंपरा कमज़ोर होती जा रही है । ”