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? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

One of the most challenging problems of today’s society is the question, who should be responsible for our old people. Its not only a financial

problem

, but

also

a question of the system we want our society to have. In my essay, I would like to propose four different models.

Firstly

, the company can be responsible for their retired employees. For

this

reason, a special fund could be established. The advantage of

this

model

is, if you believe in the capitalist system, that it should be the cheapest

solution

. A possible

problem

is that the companies might have competition disadvantage due to higher staff costs. A

second

solution

is that the government must take the responsibility for

the old

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older

people’s care. It can finance

this

with its tax incomes. Actually,

this

is the democratic

model

since everybody gets as much money as he or she needs. Unfortunately, as the present situation in our country shows

this

solution

seems not to work very well. The government can no longer afford, supporting

the old

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older

people. Another way of solving

this

problem

is to give back the responsibility

to

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of

the individual. That means that everybody has to save money during their working life for the time after their retirement.

This

seems to be a very fair

model

because there will be a certainty among people who cannot afford to save part of their salary. In

this

case, the government would have to take care

for

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of

them. A

last

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lasting

solution

is to go back to the old

model

of the big family, who cares for all of their members. I don’t think

this

is possible in our days because family structures have changed so much. To sum up, I have to admit that I cannot give a really good

solution

for

this

problem

. All models have their advantages and disadvantages, certainly we have to think