In many countries, people are not taking care of their elderly relatives but seeking help from professionals to look after them. Do you think this is a positive or a negative development?

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, It has become
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of sending elderly relatives to old age homes to get looked after because of the busy
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of today. I think it is a negative development as
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is busy
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building their career. There are many reasons behind
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phenomenon.The first reason is lack of time as
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wants a
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luxurious
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, so, in order to get
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desired
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people have become
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workaholics
and they do not even realise that
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missing out on many things.
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: spending quality time with their
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is one of them which they will realise later in
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.Because of these
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they have to send their
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old age homes to be looked after and they are
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paying too much for
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. The competition as
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is busy in their
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or we can say
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is participating in the rat race to become successful in their
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. The second reason is the invention of technology which has provided many benefits, but
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those benefits, these things come with drawbacks
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as people losing harmony in their relations,
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, they do not want to spend time with their elders, so just want to get rid of them that's why send their
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to these institutes where they go to visit them when they want as per their convenience. In conclusion, I reiterate my opinion that
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is a negative trend because living with
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is a blessing and people need to experience
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because desires never end and always go increasing and increasing.
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