Caring for elderly relatives in an economic collapse

[John]

I suppose in a way I am fortunate in as much that mine and the wife's have passed on.
But the oldies, and many of us are getting that way, have a lot to offer. We are about the last generation who saw a steam train at proper work, not just on a vintage line. We are the last that saw a bottle of milk delivered to the door step and the bottles returned, early recycling. We are the last who know how to light a fire in the grate or boiler.

There are many more but we know how it was done before....so we have a lot to offer even if we are old and doddery.