I've noticed a number of threads recently where posters are worried that their parents have moved away for their retirement and are unwilling to move nearer to their kids when they become more infirm.
I'm in the situation when both Dds and their partners and kids have moved in order to afford a home. Consequently we don't see each other much IRL. I can't afford to move nearer either of them due to costs of moving and already downsized when I got divorced plus I have a great doctors surgery, everything on my doorstep etc where I currently live.
Basically I guess what I'm saying is that it's hard for all of us when family has to live elsewhere but people should understand that life in your 60s can be very different by the time you reach your mid 70s and the older you get if your health deteriorates, the harder it becomes to move home.
I really miss not seeing DDs and their families more than a few times a year.