As our society ages, the number of elderly people who are unable to look after themselves is increasing. These individuals are often dependent on the support of their families and community to meet their basic needs and maintain their quality of life. Supporting the elderly is not only a moral responsibility, but it is also crucial for the well-being of our society as a whole.
One of the most important ways we can support the elderly is by providing them with the necessary care and assistance to meet their physical, emotional, and social needs. This includes providing them with access to healthcare, helping them with daily tasks such as bathing, dressing, and grooming, and ensuring that they have a safe and comfortable place to live.
In addition to providing practical support, it is also important to connect with the elderly on a emotional and social level. This can be done by spending time with them, listening to their stories, and sharing in their experiences. This helps to combat loneliness and isolation, which can be a major problem for many elderly people.
Another way to support the elderly is to advocate for their rights and improve the policies and programs that affect their lives. This can include supporting policies that provide more funding for elder care programs, fighting against elder abuse, and promoting age-friendly communities.
In conclusion, supporting the elderly is not only a moral responsibility, but it is also crucial for the well-being of our society as a whole. It is important for us to provide them with the necessary care and assistance to meet their physical, emotional, and social needs, and to advocate for their rights and improve the policies and programs that affect their lives.
Elderly who are fortunate enough to remain within society most definitely progress much better than placed in homes where little to no contact is made with the outside world.
Our elders have volumes of knowledge ready to share, youth would be richer taking the time to learn about how their lives affect the next generation.
How often does one see families where three or four generations still take care of each other?
@joanstewart very true. My friend has a community here close to Sanlameer. They call it tent city. They have more than a hundred adults and twelve children that they feed daily. They are totally dependable on donations. You won't believe how many people drop off their parents there because they don't want to take care of them. It's heartbreaking. Then they have the audacity to come fetch them over weekends to take them out for lunch! I think in any case in this country the norm will become that children and parents move in together to look after each other.
Both my sons have are in the home, the older did leave for a short spell years ago.
During the lockdown period I was grateful we were all together, younger with his wife in a flatlet on premises. At the moment we are trying to assist both to get out of the country with no future here for them.
Old age homes being well established for many years have very good support system, although most aged are left there and seldom visited by family.
Caravan park with younger folk and children always looking for assistance which locals try oblige, hardship hitting more and more it is heartbreaking to see.
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