He would have gone to a nursing home, but Homeplace intervened: if the state could arrange for the wife to have her cataracts removed, he could go on living at home.

• 这样，他就得去养老院，但是“祖籍”出面干预了：如果政府能够安排他的妻子做白内障摘除手术，他就能继续呆在家里。