Experts say older people were happier and healthier in the past because they did more exercise and spent more time with family and friends, whereas now many suffer loneliness and health problems. What are the causes of this and what are some solutions?
It is commonly seen that elderly are at risk for loneliness and some heath issues so that the number of old people who are happy and health accounted for only a few percentage relatively by contrast the past. I will suggest some reasons and solutions about this phenomenon.
To begin with, why older people do not feel pleasure and stay their health unlikely the past? First of all, the framework of family has changed. In the past, a good number of populations form an extended family that live with relative and grandparents or they built a community village and lived with them in there. However, with the tremendous advent of technology and urbanization, more and more people started to move from the community to city or other region for better life. Due to this fact, a number of older people left alone and the people who support elderly is decreasing naturally.
With the reason why older people in modern society struggle from health problem and loneliness, there are some solutions to alleviate this trend. Of course, their families should more attention to them like keep in touch reguraly and visit their home. The important thing is that they are offered suitable conditions from their companies. In other words, numerous companies had to more provide vacations in order to take care employees’ old parents. Moreover, governments should give financial supports and create some safe and clear environment like wellfare facility for older people who live alone.
In conclusion, a form of extended family leads to old people’s loneliness and health problems. The issues not only their family but also a lot of companies and governments should take an actions about that.
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