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1 - It is an undeniable fact that nowadays the treatment costs are really high. So a lot of people are confused that spending money on treatment, especially in the case of elderly people are not making any sense. However, what I think is that everybody has only one life so let it enjoy the maximum. It is true that treating the elderly may down you financially, but at the end of the day, you get a kind of mental satisfaction that you did your maximum for your ailing mother or father. Whatever money you loose at that period can be earned back later but if you lose your dear ones