Experts say older people were happier and healthier in the past because they did more exercise and spent more time with family and friends, whereas now many suffer loneliness and health problems. What are the causes of this and what are some solutions?

Old people lived a more cheerful and healthy life in the past.

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experts believe that it is because they performed more exercise and spent a lot of their time with their family and friends as compared to present.

However

, they are now surrounded by loneliness and many other health problems.

This

essay will discuss the reasons why

this

is happening and provide put forward some solutions for it. There are two major reasons behind these problems faced by old aged. The

first

is the metamorphic change in family structures. People were more interested in living

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a joint family in the past due to which parents and grandparents were able to spend time with their children under one roof; which gave them happiness.

However

, folks now prefer to live in a nuclear family in metropolitan cities in order to acquire a modern lifestyle and career opportunities, which is responsible for

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isolating

from their parents and grandparents. Due to

this

change, old people feel isolated and alone. The

second

factor, linked to the

first

, is that when they feel neglected by their own children and grandchildren, they get a huge emotional as well as psychological set-back which results

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in

lack of motivation to exercise.

Thus

, in

such

circumstances elderly people adapt sedentary lifestyle and fall prey to

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weaker

health. Tackling

this

problem involves altering the mindset of youngsters. Predominantly, people should revert back to

old tradition

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an old tradition

the old tradition

of living in a joint family.

Moreover

,

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older

people were given the command of

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the whole family

so that they feel important and

honored

having an illustrious reputation; respected

honoured

, whereas now, they

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are considered

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to be

a burden on their family.

That is

why, returning back to

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the oldest

living, their vitality in family paradigm will increase which is essential to keep them motivated. In conclusion, unless efforts are made to shift the mindset of young people from modern living to old living,

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older

people will continue to suffer; mentally as well as physically.