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. It’s not only a financial dilemma, but

also

a question of the system we want our humanity to have. In my essay I would like to consider 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 quick fix. A possible trouble is that the companies might have competition disadvantage due to higher staff costs. A

second

explanation is that the government has to have the responsibility for the old people’s case. It can finance

this

with its tax incomes. Actually,

this

is the most democratic miniature since everybody gets as much money as he or she needs. Unfortunately, as the present situation in our culture shows,

this

result seems not to work very well. The government can no longer afford to support all the old peoples. Another way of solving

this

obstacle is to give

such

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

This

seems to be not a very fair exemplary because there will certainly exist people who can’t afford to save part of their salary. In

this

case the government would have to save for them. A

last

quick fix is to go back to the old miniature of “the big family” who cares for all their members. I don’t think

this

is possible in our day’s world because the family structures have so much changed. To sum up, I have to admit that I can’t find a real good explanation for

this

headache all models have advantages and disadvantages. Certainly we have to think about

this

topic much more in the future.