Question

Write an article in about 120 words for your society's magazine referring to the increasing number of old age homes in india and how the old people are considered as a burden on their family. you are henna/habib.

Answer 1

                                            OUR FUTURE HOME
                                                                                 by Henna
The stereotype Lifetime channel made for TV movie version is the "cats in the cradle" type story of a self-absorbed parent who put off his child and then ends up abandoned in a home. Of course that happens, but it's not the only reason. 
Over the past century, life expectancy has increased dramatically and the world will soon have more old people than children.Old age consists of ages nearing or surpassing the average life span of human beings. Many people develop disabilities in later life related to the wear and tear of ageing or the onset of a chronic disease, or a degenerative illness. But disabilities associated with ageing and the onset of chronic disease can be prevented or delayed.

The traditional Indian society and the age-old joint family system have been instrumental in safeguarding the social and economic security of the elderly people. However, with rapid changes in society and the emergence of nuclear families in India in recent years, the elderly are likely to be exposed to emotional, physical and financial insecurity in the years to come.

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?

People must realize their responsibility towards the parents who need physical and emotional support in the late years of their life.