Taking care of the old is increasingly becoming a threat to the younger generation. In
our present-day society, where money is the measure of everything, the elderly are
looked upon. This is happening because people have become too materialistic and they
are running most part of their life for money and have no time to spend with members
of the family. This becomes an issue in the elderly as they in their twilight years need
someone to talk to and share their experiences with. The prospect of not getting this
love from family members makes them feel lonely. The prospect of loneliness often
accompanies the process of aging as an economic liability and a social burden.
There is still a high percentage of old people in our country who are not financially
dependent and the fact that they have to depend on others for their well being makes
them weaker and lack self confidence. With time they become used to it and that
sometimes seem like a burden to their family members, which in turn leads to them
being ill treated.
Another aspect of the same situation is sometimes being ill treated by the society and
the people around you. Senior citizens are looked upon as the dependant class who
constantly need attention and someone to talk to. These days seeing the needs of the
hour, these senior citizens have found themselves a niche in their world by joining and
starting old age clubs and groups. This way they are constantly in touch with each other
and feel alive once again.
But is not that always treated in a bad way. There are quite a few families who still live
in harmony with the senior citizens of the house. So even when the twilight years is a
constant pain for some, its happiness in disguise for some who have their kith and kin to
take care of them.
