An example is the "elderly parent" phenomenon that has characterized Japan in recent years, where 60- and 70-year-olds are caring for 80- and 90-year-old parents. One almost 60-year-old couple was caring for the elderly father, who had diabetes and high blood pressure. They carefully did everything the doctor ordered and watched over the old man's diet very strictly, making him so unhappy that he went on a hunger strike.
像日本近年盛行的「老親老後」現象──六、七十歲的老人照顧八、九十歲的高齡父母，一對近 60 歲的夫妻照顧罹患糖尿病、高血壓等慢性病的老父親，他們恪遵醫囑，為老爸爸的三餐飲食嚴格把關，引起老爸爸不滿，竟然絕食抗議。