Great question. The difference is very simple: wealthy countries no longer have multi-generational homes, whereas poor/developing countries still do. It's a wealth/liberal thing. The more liberal and wealthy a country becomes, the less it cares about the family & community. I responded to
@Social Distance Warrior proving how the exact same abandoning-of-the-elderly culture exists in South Korea after he said "Koreans don't abandon their parents", and he ignored me. In fact in South Korea it's even worse, because these elderly Koreans are left to fend completely for themselves in poverty. At least in America, children often pay for their parents to be put in homes/retirement communities.
