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? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

It is widely considered that in Britain

seniors

should live in nursing homes paid

by

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their families.

However

, there are people who think that the

government

must cover these expenses.

This

essay agrees with the

second

statement and describes a few main reasons why the

government

must take care of our elder citizens.

Firstly

, everyone should deserve to spend their

last

years not worrying about their family's financial situation and still receive professional medical assistance. So, the best thing the

government

can do is to pay for

this

, as during their lives,

seniors

already paid a lot of taxes and should not depend on relatives.

This

opportunity is especially important for people who are

aging

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alone and do not have any immediate family members to rely on.

For example

,

the

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recent research on life expectancy demonstrated that

seniors

who did not have to worry about paying nursing

home's

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fees lived up to 5 years longer and

healthier

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in comparison with those whose families had to pay for that.

Secondly

, the fact that the

government

takes care of all the bills nursing homes may submit, can set very nice life standards in the country.

This

may help to create a socially expected

behavior

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when each elder person is treated with respect.

Besides

, those individuals may feel needed and loved even when they are the

last

ones from their families who are alive. Here the

government

plays a huge role. To prove

this

point of view, look at Japan, where each senior citizen is taken care of no matter their finances or

statuses

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.

Such

expectations can help to

rise

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a proper mentality in young generations. To summarize, there are definitely benefits of the

government

paying for nursing homes. It allows elder people to spend the

last

years of life in comfortable places, receive all the required assistance and not

to

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worry about finances while still helping all society members to maintain a proper attitude to

seniors

.