In the beginning the elderly among us lived in homes, taken care of by family members, and often, offering wisdom in return to their grandchildren.<p>Then, in the name of economic growth and labor specialization, we push the elderly among us into nursing "homes", to let people who are more "efficient" take care of them.<p>Finally we realize efficiency can mean inhumane treatment, and in a bid to restore "dignity", put them back in homes. Without us living with them, of course.<p>Oh, the irony.