Then, when the children at least are independent, life comes full circle, and ageing or ill parents and other relatives need their attention.

Nier returned to Minnesota in 1938 to be near his ageing parents.

But it seems to have been equally rare for young couples in the poorer classes to help their ageing parents by providing them with houseroom.

When ageing parents become increasingly unable to look after themselves, a daughter may assume the main responsibility for caring for them.

Perhaps the response of the ageing parents is to become ill, or demonstrate in some other way their dependency and distress.

Continuing with the above situation, when young carers do eventually withdraw their help and support from their ageing parent, they will almost inevitably feel guilty.

The documentary highlighted the dilemma of coping with an ageing parent.

There was an angry divorce, in 1967, which probably confirmed Searle's decision to return to Britain only for visits to his ageing parents.

Their daughter loved them with equal devotion and there was no one in the world closer to her than her ageing parents.

Once Jonadab had threatened physical violence, the son realised that he was more than a match for his ageing parent.