I'm not sure how things are in other countries....
but here in the US, I don't think the elderly are as respected as they should be. They are, in alot of instances, targets for scammers and con-artists, looked at as a burden (to some) and kind of hidden away.
I don't think this is right...it's like they've been used up and just tossed away
disposable people....How are the elderly treated in other countries?
Just curious.......
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ususally one of the kids or all of them , take care of the old parents ,till the time they die.u see family bonds r still strong here.
I though you left....SOOOOOO glad you didn't
No disrespect in your statement. I fear that the young people don't realize how much they could learn from the elders. Such a shame.......
Well it's depend of individual belief I think. Personally I wouldn't mind to retired in the forest, when I am no longer productive and becoming a charge for the society, as I am completely fearless about death!
I'm afraid I took us off topic
One can not imagine what may be the loneliness of old age, until it begins to appear daily before our eyes, the wrinkled face of an old man who spends his days waiting for the arrival of a brother or friend who never come to visit or the silence of an old woman who prays for some children who have not returned to ask for her.
Life is a cicle. We all need our family and love is always the best choise.
Blue!
Blue I always been an Anti European Unionist and a anti Zero...Ooops sorry Euro (common money) the way it was made... I hate centralism and centralization!!!
Sorry so long. Just a subject close to my heart.
I taught them to be independant and to go and search for what they want in life, not wait for it to come knocking on their door. this is my way of life too, the only thing I did was to find out properly how to end my own life in my own time by my own hand, with that knowledge I live okay. If the time came that I lost my mind well I will not worry about that one, what will be will be and that would be the only time I would have to relinguish how i live.
But yes I agree with you elderly people these days are not treated so good and we are all living so much longer this problem will only get bigger. I do see some countries still look after their elders as part of the family and all help each other that is a different mind set for all.
I'm from Indonesia. Here, we're taking care and being taken care by our elders. For example, my grandma, she's 82 y.o, yet she still yells at me (also my cousins) or even my mum (and her siblings) if we don't do something that she tells us to do. on the other side, my mum and her siblings, are usually take turn in taking her out to visit her friends/children or just going somewhere. The family bonding is very strong here.
Actually, that's also what I see in the US. Didn't mean to be such a smartass, but I sometimes feel strange of how they can put the elders to the house for old people. It's a bit sad for me..