Article on crisis during old age and give suggestions to overcome them.
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Crises During Old Age And How To Overcome Them
Theodore Roosevelt, the great American President has rightly said, ‘Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young.’ Undoubtedly old age with all its grandeur is a wonderful phase of a man’s life, yet the challenges of it are many. It is the last stage of a man’s life after which he has to start his journey to the unknown beyond. Man’s entire life is riddled with challenges; so this age is no exception.
The first and foremost challenge is that of health. Owing to ageing and the worn out organs and metabolism, man is prone to falling ill. Financial worries of medical expenses further add to the illness. In order to stay healthy, man must take care of his health since his early forties. Balanced diet, exercise, mediation, healthy life style should be adopted. A medical insurance for the old age must be arranged.
The second old age problem that arises is loneliness; children when grow up, move out; early demise of spouse; generation gap can cause loneliness and misery. Loneliness can be tackled with a healthy attitude to life. in old age men should remain active in day to day and other constructive activities such as reading, gardening, travelling etc.
The most crucial crisis in old age is finances. Since man retires in old age, his earnings almost become very low. So he must plan his future quite early; proper savings, investments for future must be done well in time.
Old age
certainly has its own crises; but they can be well taken care of with proper
planning. All of us must prepare for our old age well in advance. We should
consider old age as a grand party, and we must make proper arrangements for it.
Today, the fast-paced world has resulted in many problems which were unknown to humankind earlier. There has been three sixty degree's turn in the lifestyle and hence many physical, psychological and psycho-social complications have sprouted up and striking a balance has become a Herculean task.
Disintegrating joint families and weakening bonds among relations have played havoc with the psyche of the old. They are either forced to spend their old age alone in the old ancestral home or spend rest of their life in an old age home where their children pay an occasional visit and sometimes no visit. The society that once lived in a close-knit community, has turned into a self-centered, conceited folks who prioritize their own interest at all times.
Grandparents have become an intrusion in the lives of young grandchildren who, due to their so-called modern belief find them outdated and intruding. Nor their own children find their presence a blessing as it used to be earlier. They forget that they would also be old like their parents in a span of a few decades. They forget the values they are teaching their children by neglecting their parents.
If the parents are financially strong, they can still hold the interest of their children and grandchildren. Otherwise, they become a burden on their own children and live a life of neglect and seclusion. None of our scriptures teaches us to behave with parents in such an abominable manner. Rather, there should be law safeguarding the right of parents to get proper attention and care if they are old and especially, when they have difficulty managing various daily chores all by themselves.
Our scriptures remind us time and again that we can never pay back the obligation of our parents who were instrumental in bringing us into this world and who spent sleepless nights to make their children sleep comfortably, It is the duty of every child to look after his/her parents when they are old and when they need him/her the most. c