In Britain, when someone gets old they often go to live in a home with other old people where there are nurses to look after them. Sometimes the government has to pay for this care. Who do you think should pay for this care, the government or the family?

In England and some other European countries, it is a common practice that retired elderly people go to live in facilities offering company of other old people, and

care

by

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of

health professionals

such

as nurses, nutritionists, physical therapists, etc. Since the general

care

of elderly people needs to be performed judiciously, it is necessary to contract competent professionals which

is

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are

, in general,

costly

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costlier

. One question that pops up in

this

subject is: who has to be responsible for financing facilities taking

care

of elderly people? In my opinion, there is not a straight answer to

this

question. It would be great if the

government

could finance all the necessary

care

of the population, but it is known that the available budget is not sufficient for taking

care

of everything for everyone. For

this

reason, I think that wealthy elderly people and/or elderly people belonging to wealthy families should be responsible for financing their own

care

. In

this

case, the resources saved by the

government

could be directed to other ends

such

as,

children’s

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child

day

care

, general public health, youth education, etc.

On the other hand

, there are many people who worked during all their active

period

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periods

without being able to gather enough funds for their retirement. For these people, I think that the

government

should direct some part of the gathered taxes to the payment of their

care

.

This

can be

also

justified by the fact that, in many cases, the retirement salaries are not enough to pay for housing, feeding,

health-

the preservation of mental and physical health by preventing or treating illness through services offered by the health profession

healthcare

care

and other needs. In conclusion, I think that both

government

and families should be responsible for financing the

care

of elderly people. Based on the cost of living of each city and the income of each family, the

government

could define subsidy ranges varying from 0% to 100% for extremely wealthy to extremely poor families.