An Australian friend is coming to visit you, and it will be his/her birthday during the visit. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter: • say how you feel about the visit? • suggest what you could do on his/her birthday? • ask what your friend thinks of your idea? Write at least 150 words
I definitely think that old
age
homes
offer much better care
than a family could offer as their parent turns older and strongly believe that the expenses
for such
care
should be borne by the government
. Many developed nations have built special dedicated old age
homes
for their senior citizens
and all their care
-related expenses
are taken care
of by the government
.
In today's world, most adults are having hectic full-time jobs leaving them with very minimal time to dedicate to caring for their old parents. While an old-age
home offers quite dedicated and skilled staff to take care
of senior citizens
they also
have special types of equipment required for the daily medical care
of old people. In addition
, there is the right set of recreational utilities such
as games, etc. available in such
old age
homes
to keep them entertained and engaged with each other.
Also
, it has got so expensive, that an average adult family is barely able to manage their own expenses
leaving aside taking care
of the medical expenses
of their senior parents. During their work life, an average citizen contributes to the growth of the nation by paying taxes and saving in public provident funds which could be utilized by the government
for taking care
of their senior citizens
.
Not all senior citizens
have a lucrative retirement income upon which they can bank on. It is the duty of our society and hence
our government
to offer an option to old people to have a stress-free and happy old age
life where they are well-taken care
of both physically and mentally in such
old-age
homes
without any worry of the
monetary Correct article usage
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expenses
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The Greeting
Depending on the style and aim of the letter, you will need to adapt your greeting.
Always start an informal letter in the ways:
- Dear + name
- Hi / Hello + name
‘Dear...’ is more appropriate, so stick with this.
For a formal letter there are two options for the greeting:
- Use Dear Sir or Madam if you don’t know the name of the person you are writing to.
- Use Dear + surname if you do know their name, e.g. Dear Mr Smith or Dear Mrs Jones.
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