In India, it is analyzed that with the growing trends and technology, couples want to live alone and don't even want their parents to stay with them. Either have to go to old age homes or the parents in laws who are already staying with their children are forced to do all the home chores. Children don’t even bother about their moral duties to their parents. At this stage, they need a support but they are treated as the extra persons, this is the reason that not a lot of money is wasted on them and if they want to spend time with their children it is like wastage of time with them.
Is this 21st century? Do the Indian people behave like this always? Do their change in their affect their future also? If, this is 21st century then, I think our past is much better. At least, people at that time respect their elders and treated them like God. There is a fear among the Youngers and each family decision is taken only with the concerned elder member. An old man is full of experiences and from those experiences they help younger generation, but he is taken as an unwanted burden. He himself is caught in a terrible feeling of redundancy. Thinking of old age visions of loneliness and neglect emerge in mind.
When will be the time come when we reciprocate the love and respect to our elders? Without passing comments on the old man who is walking on the road or a person who is waiting for a help in crossing the road, when will we think about our moral grounds that are taught by us by our elder in our childhood age. It is crucial for family and friends to become aware of this tendency for financial exploitation and to develop a plan to protect senior loved ones from it. Don’t think that they are burden but think they need you.
Planning that Should be Opt for Aging People:
1) Make new old age homes that gives aging people the real feel of home not that they are at their life’s final stage
2) NGO’s in the field, can play a significant role in facilitating this through counseling of the individual, of families, sensitization of community leaders and group awareness or group counseling sessions.
4) Family should spend time with their elders from their busy schedule to make them feel that they are special.
As, an Indian it is the responsibility of every individual to pledge that if we respect our old people we vice versa receive the love and affection from our younger also. Make them feel happy! I think if we make them feel comfortable and delighted, it will increase their life expectancy.
For the people who are thinking of burden, first think that if they die no one in the world care for us. This world is full of hurdles and money minded, if you have greenback then everyone is with you but you what about the love and care of you?
