Many elderly people are no longer looked after by their families but are put in care homes or nursing homes. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this trend?

There is no doubt that taking

care

of

family’s elder member

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family elder members

family elder member

the family elder member

is an important responsibility. These days, a significant number of families are using the services of old

age

homes for looking after their elderly rather than taking

care

of their parents and grandparents themselves. In

this

essay, I will discuss the benefits and drawbacks of

this

trend.

To begin

with the positives, old

age

homes

are much better equipped

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is much better equipped

to

care

for the elderly than our regular household. These institutions employ professional staff and have

ameneties

things that make you comfortable and at ease

amenities

which are difficult to replicate in a standard home.

For instance

, many of these nursing homes are pre-

equiped

provided or fitted out with what is necessary or useful or appropriate

equipped

with basic medical facilities like oxygen

support

, physiotherapy equipment etc., which can be very helpful for improving

quality

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the quality

of life at old

age

.

Besides

the

ameneties

things that make you comfortable and at ease

amenities

, the elderly

also

receive significant peer

support

at

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of

these institutions. These places have multiple members of old

age

and all these elder people often form deep friendships and

support

each other through thick and thin.

In contrast

, while at home, they often become lonely as most of their children and grandchildren remain outside throughout the day for work or education.

Nevertheless

, there are significant drawbacks of

this

trend that needs to be looked at. The

first

among them is the effect on mental health due to lack of family love and

support

.

This

is because a person is at his weakest during the end, and being with family through

this

time can be a strong pillar of

support

. While

at

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in

care

homes, elderly would not

be be

have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)

be

a part of their grandchild’s childhood years and will not be able to make a loving bond with grandchildren.

Furthermore

, putting parents

at

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in

nursing homes will devoid their families from the life experiences of the elderly.

This

can be a big loss for children in

family

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the family

since they will not have an old moral compass who can be their

support

while keeping them on the right path with the older gentleman / lady’s

age

old wisdom. In conclusion,

although

care

homes can provide significant

ameneties

things that make you comfortable and at ease

amenities

and peer

support

for the elderly, the importance of physical presence of

old

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older

people in the family for their own mental fitness and the value of their experiences for the children in the family unit should not be

understimated

assign too low a value to

underestimated

.