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.

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The old generation will require special
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following their
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, in England, they usually spend time in a
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village with
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a nurse
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available to take
care
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of them. I believe that
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of putting the burden entirely
to
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on
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families
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or the
government
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, both parties should take their
parts
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in financing the costs for the elderly. On the one hand,
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government
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the government
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need to take
care
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of their older demographics
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two reasons.
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, the elderly paid taxes for more than 40 years, which means that they deserve something in return for their investment, including decent facilities in their
retirement
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age. To illustrate, a
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public servant in his late 60
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their annual
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for the
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though
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a tax system, which means that he contributed to the state development budgets for decades.
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, the
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need to strategically plan the budgets to fund the nurse which will be responsible
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for
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giving extra
care
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for
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the elderly.
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, nursing
house
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tend to be expensive and it might put a burden
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on
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families
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with
low-income
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low income
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.
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, if the family members are unable to afford
retirement
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care
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, their old relatives might suffer to get an ideal treatment in their late age.
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, the
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must create subsidies and
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the budget
to
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those struggling financially.
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, I would argue that some
families
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are wealthy enough,
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they can easily spare money for
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services. In fact, for high-income society, not only they can fund their parents or grandparents
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they can
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choose
for
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a private nursing house with luxury services and well-trained
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nurses
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.
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, it will increase satisfaction levels for the
families
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as they can send their parents to the most advanced
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villages.
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means that rich
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can survive without the
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government
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help, allowing the
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to focus on low-income members. In conclusion, the
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government
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duties are to provide
care
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for the elderly because they pay taxes for years.
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, I remain convinced that case-to-case situation should be considered and the
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need to
allocated
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the budgets for poor
families
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.
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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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