Many Elderly People are No Longer Looked after by Their Families but are Put in Care Homes. What are the possible reasons for this? What are the advantages and disadvantages of this trends?

The trend of putting senior family
members
in
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care
homes
has
became
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prevalent in the past few years. There are several plausible reasons for
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along with
the following outcomes, which will be discussed in
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Firstly
, family
members
do not have adequate
time
. Generally, each member already
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with their own business
such
as work or study,
hence
make
them
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cannot allocate
time
to take
care
the
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older family
members
.
Secondly
, they want
a
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liberty. Taking
care
ageing
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of ageing
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family
members
require
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others to perform cautious behaviours and create specific environments
,
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since
they
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vulnerable
from
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certain diseases
such
as heart
attack
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.
Therefore
, it makes people
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easily act
to
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their according, resulting in
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them want to live separately. It can be witnessed through urban residents in Jakarta, where they intentionally send their family
members
who are over 65 years old to the elderly house or Panti Jompo in order to have more freedom to
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parties or
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events in their house. The consequence
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that decision led
into
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several outcomes.
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the positive
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, it can minimise the risks
from
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having psychological disturbance. Recent research by Statista unveils that almost 87% of American
adults
suffer from stress and burnout because they should nurture at least a senior in each household. The primary reason is
due to
the restriction to perform certain behaviours that potentially make the seniors
disappoint
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or surprised.
Further
,
adults
can have
a
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better
time
management. Imagine if
ones
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have
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to attend
virtual
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meeting with a supervisor, and concurrently the senior family
members
need their assistance to take the stairs. Since looking after senior
members
essentially
require
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special attention, it can be difficult for some people to manage their personal and professional
time
;
therefore
,
put
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putting
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them in
the
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care
homes
can be helpful for
adults
as they will
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more
times
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time
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to focus on their personal or professional matters.
On
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the
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contrast, the action itself potentially
reduce
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reduces
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the intimacy levels between family
members
. Since they live in separate
place
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places
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, the seniors
are
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possibly
lost
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their contacts and the scarcity to meet each other often, causing a degradation of intimacy between the younger and older
members
.
Moreover
,
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adults
can experience
lack
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of nutrients. In fact, several nursing
homes
already scheduled the general menu for meals, which is not adjusted to the requirements of each senior,
hence
it can make their conditions vulnerable to certain
illness
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illnesses
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.
To conclude
,
although
the trend is quite popular these days, the decision to put older family
member
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members
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in
the
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care
homes
may be fueled by the unavailability to allocate specific
time
as well as
the act
to want
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of wanting
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a
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freedom.
Although
it is good for their psychological conditions
as well as
time
management, it can reduce
the
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intimacy levels and
dangerous
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be dangerous
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for the health level of
adults
.
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