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.

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