Article on the plight of the aged in old homes
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The condition of some of them or even worse . They are separated from their families and sent to old age homes.
People who neglect their old parents and grand parents should think about the moral values which they had inculcated in us , and try to be kind and affectionate towards them. If they can't oblige their needs, at least they should speak obligingly with them.
Now, think about the future generation. God only knows what will happen to them.
Therefore , it is better to save a fortune for old age now itself because we won't know how will our children and grand children treat us.
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When we are young, we don't recognise that there will be a time when our limbs will go weak, our
eye-sight less sharp and our body less agile than before. A family, the state and the society shoulder the
responsibility towards senior citizens.
2. Unfortunately, of late, we have not been able to recognise the concept of respecting, caring and
helping older generations in a systematic way as some of the countries in the west have been doing. This is
not to suggest that our culture and history do not recognise this phase of life. There have been many practices
of caring and helping old people in our system. But, with the dismantling of the joint family system, the
problem has assumed graver and more complicated proportions. Although we have started recognising the
needs of the young generation but when it comes to the older generation, we have quite comfortably chosen to
ignore them and leave them to fend for themselves.
3. The modern era is the era of old-age homes. There are residential units for lower income groups in
particular districts where there is a part-time medical officer to attend to the inmates. Then there are day-care
centres and mobile medicare services besides other NGOs (Non Government Organisations).
4. Old-age homes in the country are not only inadequate but also ill-equipped to cater to the needs of the
old inmates. This should be the responsibility of the state to keep close and regular monitoring. The social
welfare departments in the Government have very little to boast when it comes to caring for older generation.
5. Society, too has an important role to play. It must take up the charge of respecting the aged and
placing them ahead of any other interest. In the western countries when an old person is climbing down the
stairs, he or she is assisted. It is this kind of mindset, which is the greatest need of the hour. While travelling
in a public transport, offering seats to the old, helping them across the roads, assisting them carry their bags
fetching them water etc. are some gestures which increase acceptability of old people.
6. In the family also, the senior citizens deserve a better deal. If they are thrown out of the homes, the
state is not to be blamed. The state is providing everything to their families. Therefore the old ones have the
right to be recognised as important members. Sending old parents to deposit electricity bills, asking them to
fetch children from schools and to guard the house while the rest of the family is away, are some of the many
fold tasks which are thrust upon them, which is nonetheless enslaving the weakest class of people.
7. Moreover old people are found to be quite complacent with what they have. They are not too
demanding except in cases where there may be genuine reasons of health or constraints of family
environments.
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