With the improvements in today’s health care, society has to care for more and more elderly people. Do you feel that society will be able to cope with the increase in numbers of elderly people today and how can it be managed? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Medical advancements in

this

modern world are helping societies and governments to improvise their medical support system for the old

people

. Still, I personally think that it's very tough to meet the increased need of elderly

people

. In

this

essay, I will discuss both the reasons to explain why it's a challenging job to get through with

this

situation and

also

suggest some methods to overcome it. The increased life expectancy of any country will burden their economy and development. To be more precise, as an individual's earning capability will be stopped at an age of 65 on average, he will be considered under a senior citizen category to reap the financial benefits from the governments. The USA,

for instance

, has to go an extra mile by spending approximately 120 billion dollars to support the elderly

people

during

this

COVID pandemic due to their week immunity power.

This

certainly becomes an additional burden for any country without additional thought,

otherwise

, the countries reputation on humanitarian grounds would be at stake.

Therefore

, it's an extremely challenging job for any community to manage the increasing number of elderly

people

. On contrary, there are two thoughts that can be looked into to ascertain

this

problem and reduce the load on societies. The governments should stop the pension schemes, and announce the public to take the responsibility of old

people

by their respective family members. It is evident that India being a democratic country,

for example

, expenses around 1500 crores per month as senior citizen pension fund,

Otherwise

, that can be used to improve the essential services. Adding to

this

, individual communities should plan for revenue generation methodologies by engaging the educated elderly

people

to guide children to sharpen their skills. A role model community in Kerala has shown the world how can aged

people

help to increase the literacy of the state by conducting classes for uneducated

people

. In conclusion, no matter what, technological advancements have increased the average life period of a person across the world. Managing societies with a surge in the number of aged

people

will absolutely burden them economically. Thought-provoking ideas like handing over the elderly

people

's responsibility to the respective family members and support from local colonies to engage old

people

in certain local activities,

however

, will help to overcome

this

problem.