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How to convince Ubuntu elders to accept outside help

My aging parents refuse help from anyone outside the family but we cannot provide the care they need, and pride is putting everyone at risk.

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Cultural self-reliance is colliding with practical limitations in ways that endanger those it seeks to protect.

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