'Homes for the aged is a necessity in India '. Write a debate in 150- 200 words either for oragainst the motion. You are Shivam/Shivani.
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Most of the Indian families take good care of their elders but unfortunately there are people who treat their parents as liabilities making them feel neglected.
Hundreds of organizations are working to make life easy for destitute parents by developing old age homes in India.
Of course, there are rare cases when parents themselves prefer the privacy of old age homes but in the majority of cases, it is the cold attitude of children that forces parents to move to these homes.
Because of the following reasons, elderly people take the painful decision to move to the old age homes in India:Sometimes grown-ups fail to realize their duty and are so much engrossed in their personal lives that they feel it a burden to keep the parents with them. They feel it as an interference in their personal lives and eventually tell their parents that they can not keep them.The ego clash between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law causes too much stress in the house and the situation comes at such the worst that they can not live together.New generation is becoming more materialistic and their attitude towards parents is changing. They seem to have lost their patience.
It’s not an easy decision for the parents. But, they have to move to these houses when they can no longer tolerate the insult or they are told by their stone-hearted children to leave the house. Old age home is their last resort or where else would they go?
Being a good citizen of the world, it becomes each and everyone's responsibility to help the senior citizens. Turning to old age is a cyclic change which everyone has to pass through. Hence, at the time when any old people requires any help, one should always help them. Generally, it is noticed that they do not get much attention which they require in that stage of their life. The young generation often tends to forget that they too will fall for the same in their future. In India, it is observed that with time, the younger generation look towards the elderly as a burden and a source of disturbance in their life. They start to neglect them and avoid their thoughts and instructions. Mostly this happens as a result of the problem because of the generation gap. Both the elderly and the young are not willing to accept and consider what the other thinks and believes. Hence, they start to neglect them and give no importance to them.