Living with parents and grandparents was a result of severe apartment shortage in the Soviet times. Most people do not enjoy it at all.
Another factor was that the nursing homes had generally bad reputation, and sending elderly parents to a nursing home was considered a shameful deed. Many people lived with their parents to care for them.
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Date: 2014-01-08 05:47 pm (UTC)Another factor was that the nursing homes had generally bad reputation, and sending elderly parents to a nursing home was considered a shameful deed. Many people lived with their parents to care for them.