It's not only the elderly at bethel, it's my parents and those of most of us here.
How many of our parents have given their lives and their potential retirements to the society? I'd have to say 90% of them. I often wonder if this older generation of JW's (who are becoming childless as we leave the organization) are trapped. To maintain their association with their departing kids would lose them their place in the congregations; something they worked their entire life to gain.
It's all they have, their place in the congo. Their kids are gone, their finances are too meager to start over, they've alienated their kids who could have helped. Even if they did wake up at this point, it's too late to do anything about it.
Sad...
J