Many elderly people are no long looked after by their families but are put in care homes or nursing homes. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this trend?

It is true that nowadays an increasing number of oldsters are not under the care of their close people but live in retirement homes or in the special medical centres created for them. There is a number of advantages and disadvantages of

this

change in the modern world. On the one hand, today the community notices several beneficial consequences of

this

shift. The

first

advantage of

this

is that the health of all people in these institutions is always monitored.

In other words

, an individual lives there and has permanent access to professionally educated doctors and nurses, who could help him any time of the day.

For instance

, if a person has heart disease and feels bad he could be delivered to the operation room which is a couple of minutes from his accommodation very fastly. The

second

beneficial side for society is that workers who have retired parents are working more efficiently and are able to afford to relax after a tough day.

For example

, it is necessary to have time for recovery for those whose work requires a great deal of physical labour.

On the other hand

, the parents and the part of the public whose parents are in these kinds of places can face some kinds of mental problems. There is no doubt that people who used to live in a family move out to these institutions they usually feel lonely.

This

feeling is very harmful to human mental health and can bring a number of unwilling consequences. As evidence, the USA researchers have recorded an occasion in a particular retirement home,when one of the residents very strongly missed his daughter and eventually faced dementia.

Moreover

, the rate of birth could be decreased dramatically. If the idea of living without family will be accepted fully, the young generations may not see any benefits of having a child, thereby the figure of the population will decline significantly.

For example

, it can be observed in Japan where a major part of oldster lives in nursing homes. In conclusion, while there are some advantages of having free time after work and having a professional treatment if the relationship between child and parent will end after the retirement too much might be lost.