In western countries, families place their parents/grandparents in nursing homes and assisted living communities. This situation can be very diffeent in developing countries in Latin America, Africa and Asia. For instace, in Latin America usually the ones that provide care for eldely people are their child or their spouse. Not only because of the abuse the eldely might experience while being taking care by in a nursing home, but also because of the stigma that surrounds the topic. There's the judgment from members of the society when a person decides to put their eldely loved ones in nursing home.