Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 10Social ScienceSOCIAL CHANGE.3 Marks
Question
What is the problem of the elderly people?
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Answer
The problems of the elderly are as follows: With advancing age the physical and mental strength of the people decreases.
This may lead to them being shunned by their family members.
With the increase in nuclear families now elderly people are regarded as a burden and people do not appreciate keeping them.
Many families find it convenient to send them to old age homes so that they can escape the day to day duty of looking after of the aged.
Old age is equal to dote age and the old need warmth, love and affection instead of neglect and abuse.
Elderly people living alone also have problems of security and trust.
Many of them are even murdered for their gold and money.
Since there is lack of social security and pension for the aged, most of them are not financially stable and have to be totally dependent on their families.
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