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.

In modern society growing old has become a delicate issue that both

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and families need to pay attention to. In some countries, the elderly community may be sent to

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where they will be properly assisted. In fact, there are moments that

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responsible for the expenses that

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kind of

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requires whereas there are families that are financially prepared to deal with

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essay, I intend to argue that there are cases in which both governments and families should be accounted for the costs of their old people’s

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. Most times, old people were the ones who contributed to the economic growth and general

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their countries,

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generating tax income to their nations.

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, whenever someone

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old age and has no family or financial conditions,

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overnment should provide those people

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place in some facility that takes

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of the elderly. In Quebec,

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, the

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pays some families to lodge old people in a safe and comfortable place during the night while during the day they are picked up by

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transportation and sent to activities

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to be with other old people and to receive medical attention.

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, there are some families that have the financial means necessary to provide specialised

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to their old relatives.

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they may not have the time to take into their own hands the

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people, they could release

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responsibility by funding homes to host their elderly.

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, it is only natural for families to take

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, financially or

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, for those who once take

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of them when they were children. To conclude, it is my opinion that

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overnment and families are both responsible for paying for old people

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facilities. Indeed, public entities should always retribute those who were extremely helpful to its own functioning by helping them when they are most fragile.

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, families, in their turns, own to their elderly their very own

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and,

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, they should pay back in making sure their relatives are being taken

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of after reaching advanced age.