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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?

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In certain parts of the world, older people are generally sent to an old
age
home
 to stay. Especially in Britain, people ought to send senior citizens in these kinds of homes so that they can be taken
care
 of perfectly.
However
, in many cases
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administrators need to pay the bills. In my opinion, certainly,
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inistry should bear the expenses of old
age
 homes, the reason being, in these kinds of developed nations, governments have ample funds to spend on older people.
To begin
 with the pros of governmental funds, I feel not every individual is capable of taking proper responsibility of older people and in most of the cases
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people above the
age
 of 50 generally suffer from some serious diseases. So, in
such
 cases 24hours
care
 is needed, that too properly. Here, if authority pays for the responsibility, people can enrol their parents or grandparents in a
home
 where professionals can take
care
 of them. Not everyone can afford to hire a doctor or a nurse to stay at
home
 or even pay for the bills of
care
 centres.
Hence
, the
overnment
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government
 can pay for them.
Secondly
, every citizen pays taxes to their respective governments for all sorts of facilities. The same thing follows in Britain as well.
Thus
, they do have funds to invest for old
age
home
 facilities. In fact, I would say the
tate
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state
 can build their own funded
care
 centres, where needy people can get shelter and protection too. In conclusion, without a doubt,I am in favour of
this
 situation and in future
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I would even suggest establishing some policies or schemes where general people and citizens can get benefitted.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Aging population
  • Elderly care
  • Nursing homes
  • Social welfare
  • Intergenerational responsibility
  • Caregiving
  • Financial burden
  • Quality of life
  • Pension funds
  • Healthcare policy
  • Taxation
  • Subsidies
  • Private insurance
  • Long-term care
  • Sustainability
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