Hendrik Hartog 
Someday All This Will Be Yours [EPUB ebook] 
A History of Inheritance and Old Age

Hartog tells the heartbreaking stories of how families fought over the work of caring for the elderly, and its compensation, in a time before pensions, Social Security, and nursing homes filled this gap. As an explosive economy drew the young away from home, we see how the elderly used promises of inheritance to keep children at their side.