Elderly family members’ living arrangements

[Lynette Case]

This is a general question about living arrangements.

During my research I have noticed that the elderly parents and grandparents of my relatives are not living with their younger family members but instead are living on neighboring farms. Sometimes they will move to a different farm but they never live with their younger family members. Family members have even moved to a different parish and left the elderly parents behind. Sometimes the elderly family members are labeled “inhyses”.
Why aren’t the elderly living with their family?

[KG Hammarlund]

Living arrangements were dependent on the household's conditions. For wealthy farmers, providing for elderly parents was fairly easy (and common). For crofters and landless people it was of course different.
I've sent you a PM with a link to an article that might be of interest.

[Lynette Case]

Thank you. I am reading it now.