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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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Many
people
 claim that these expenditures should be budgeted by the
state
, while other
people
 believe that relatives of these aged
people
 should bear
this
 burden. I am in accord with the former opinion and the factors leading to my view are described below. (44) There are many reasons why the government should financially support the well-being of
the
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grownups. I assume that the government should provide assistance and take care of old
people
 because the majority of them have worked all their life and paid a plethora of taxes.
First
 of all, we should claim that Britain is a social
state
 and
subsequently
 the pivotal part of
this
 kind of
state
 is that it collects and distributes financial resources.
Therefore
, these
people
 have enough given to the
state
 and
this
 money
in that case
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 should be recovered in terms of providing help. My granddad worked all his life as a PE teacher and after his
retirement
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 he had a very solid pension because he has paid a lot of taxes. So, I think that the majority of these old
people
 in a social
state
 have paid enough money to get a full recovery by proper housing on behalf of the
state
. 
Second
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 thing I would mention about
this
 topic is that old
people
 will be better treated by
an
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adroit nursing personnel, rather than their relatives and family that can be ignorant about basic caring skills let alone treatment of grownups with special problems or even impairments. It reminds us
about
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people
 with dementia and the
last
 phase of cancer who need
a
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special assistance that can't be provided by the family and relatives, but the
state
 can afford
them
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(?). To sum up, it is clear that the
state
 should bear
this
 particular burden since the government obtains sufficient money and special-trained staff in order to take care of elder
people
.
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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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