Elderly Care: Family and Government Should Work Together

He said, "Who then?" The prophet said: Then your mother asked, "Who then?" The prophet said: "Then your mother. The Prophet said: "Your father" (from Buchary and Muslim Hadith) These indicate an important position of the elderly and children are responsible for caring for the elderly. After they become independent, the needs of their elderly parents should not be ignored.

However, in developed countries where nuclear families are more common, the responsibilities of the elderly have now shifted to professional healthcare providers. For many today, the problem is whether the government should provide nursing care, or elderly and their families should pay in full. Aging the population means a decrease in the labor force. Therefore, the number of taxpayers will be less than the number of people receiving pensions from these taxes. This could create prejudice and tension for the workforce and aging population.

Of course, the special nursing home for the elderly in the area is the best place for elderly people who have to live alone because there is no family. Regardless of the age and age of elderly people in any country, it is necessary to take care of the elderly. But if you have the opportunity to take care of your grandmother or grandfather, then at least you can do so! For the elderly it is important to know that someone takes care of health and safety.

When asked who the family, the government or the elderly himself - who is most responsible for the economic well-being of the elderly - the government was one of the top 13 in the 21 countries studied. However, many people nominated by the government do not have confidence in their standards of old age compared to themselves or those who nominate their families. Retirement costs rarely be seen as personal obligations. Only four countries - South Korea, the United States, Germany, UK - which account for more than a third of the people, said the elderly themselves had the main responsibility for the elderly 's economic well - being.

Governments often look for roles they should fulfill, as the entire job is designated to develop to accommodate strangers' young or elderly families. Family care has once belonged to the private domain and was highly appreciated as individual rights and private decisions. However, to hire strangers to look after their families, we need some guarantee to take care of qualifications and standards are set in many jurisdictions. According to a recent article in State of North Carolina, the problem is that some of these standards are not followed. Dr. LeRoy King 's mother started taking meals at the age of 88 in the state' s special nursing home for the aged. The staff was seeking help but their efforts to implement the Heimrick movement is not a complete success. The woman died as the diaphragm broke. Dr. King pointed out that in the law of the United States it is obligatory for all special nursing home for nursing homes staff to conduct 75 to 85 hours of training. To the best of his knowledge, they are not.