She points out that in urban India, family bonds are no longer strong which is demonstrated by the proliferation of old age homes.

BBC: Abandoned baby boy reverses trend

Leaders of Christian missions, which run 16, 500 schools as well as 6, 500 hospitals, orphanages and old-age homes, wearily shake their heads at the charges.

CNN: ASIANOW - TIME Asia

Within the next four decades, most of the developed countries in East Asia, as well as Europe, will become veritable old-age homes: A third or more of their populations will be over 65.

FORBES: The Un-Aging of America

By beaming broadband signals from phone poles into homes, Spitfire solves a major problem facing regional Bells: One third or so of homes have copper wires so degraded by splicing or old age that they cannot handle DSL service.

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