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?

As the number of old people is on the rise, elderly

care

is a matter of controversy. While many social activists opine that it is the

responsibility

of the family to pay for

this

care

, there are others who

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question

such

claims, by arguing that it is the governments who have to look after

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of a thing, of it; possessive form of "it"

its

citizens. I believe that the authorities as well as relatives

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have

an equal

responsibility

to provide

care

for the elderly and the reason to have

such

an inference would be given in the following paragraphs.

Firstly

, it is the moral

responsibility

of families to provide

care

to their family members. As parents have spent their resources and energy to give the best life to their children, those children are bound to take

care

of their parents at their life's dawn.

For instance

, in countries like India and Sri Lanka, it legally enforced that ward

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has

to take

care

of old parents or else they might get hefty fines and imprisonment.

Therefore

, families have to pay the relevant expenses for the

care

of

old

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older

ones.

However

, sometime many elderly people have no immediate family members.

This

means that there is no one to pay for the

care

but the government. As the governments might have received money in the form of tax while they were young, there is a moral obligation that the social welfare must take

care

of

the old

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older

people in need.

This

is likely why the government of Japan has invested heavily in welfare programs for

the old

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older

ones. So, when people have one one to be taken

cared

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care

by, the authorities have to step in and they must make sure that

the old

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older

people have been

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given

giving

excellent

care

. To conclude, it is often found that old people find comfort when they are among others of

same age

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the same age

and

this

care

is the

responsibility

of family,

however

, if they have no family to be taken

cared

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care

by, they should be looked after by the government. It might be better to pass stringent legislation so that they

are given

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give

the necessary

care

they deserve.