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.