MANY EXPERTS NOW A DAYS DEBATE ON BENEFITS PROVIDED TO SENIOR CITIZENS. THESE BENEFITS ARE GENERALLY AVAILED BY GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE CERTAIN TYPES OF AILMENTS, WHICH REQUIRE THEM TO HAVE AN ATTENDANT AVAILABLE EVERY TIME TO HELP THEM WITH DAILY CHORES. THIS ESSAY WILL DISCUSS WHETHER THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THESE BENEFITS SHOULD BE BORN BY PERSON'S FAMILY OR GOVERNMENT.
THE COST OF PROVIDING THE BENEFITS IN MOST OF THE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES IS BUDGETED BY THE GOVERNMENT SINCE ALL THE CITIZENS ARE LIABLE TO PAY TAXES WHILE THEY ARE EMPLOYED AND AS PART OF THEIR RETIREMENT BENEFITS, THE GOVERNMENT IS RETURNING A SMALL CHUNK OF THEIR MONEY. THIS INTURN HELP THEM GET GOOD CARE OF THE DISEASES THEY ARE STRUGGLING FROM WITHOUT BOTHERING THEIR FAMILIES TO DEVOTE TIME IN HELPING THEM OUT, HENCE GOVERNMENT BEARING THE COST FOR SERVICE TO ELDERLY IS SEEN AS POSITIVE NOWADAYS BECAUSE BEFORE RETIREMENT MOST OF THE PEOPLE WILLFULLY & HONESTLY PAID THEIR TAXES WHICH CAN BE NOW USED BY THEM.
HOWEVER, IN SOME PARTS OF WORLD, THE GOVERNMENT REFRAIN FROM PROVIDING ANY SORT OF RETIREMENT BENEFITS TO IT'S SENIOR CITIZEN POPULATION RESULTING IN FAMILY MEMBERS LOOKING AFTER AGED GROUP AND TAKE CARE OF THEM IN CASE OF NEED. THIS, IN TURN, HAMPER THE CAREER PROSPECTS OF THEIR FAMILIES DEPENDING ON NATURE OF CARE REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN DISEASES. ANOTHER POSSIBLE DISADVANTAGE OF SUCH SITUATION IS IMPACT ON THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE ENTIRE FAMILY SINCE IN MOST OF THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, THE PER CAPITA INCOMES ARE QUITE LOW RESULTING IN FINANCIAL PRESSURE BEING LEVIED ON THE REST OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS AND WHEN SOMETIMES THEY ARE ASKED TO REDUCE THEIR EXPENSES TO MEET COST OF CARE FACILITIES THAT LEADS TO A SITUATION WHICH IS DISRESPECTFUL FOR AGED PEOPLE.
IN CONCLUSION, BEARING COST FOR ELDERLY BY THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE THE MOST PRACTICAL SOLUTION SPECIALLY FOR DEVELOPING NATIONS, WHERE THE INCOME STANDARDS ARE LOW AND PEOPLE STRUGGLE TO MEET THEIR ENDS. IN SITUATIONS LIKE THAT, IF CARE HAS TO BE PROVIDED BY FAMILY MEMBERS THEN THERE SHOULD BE A GOVERNMENT PROVISION FOR SHARING THE BURDEN WITH THEIR CITIZENS.
MANY
EXPERTS
NOW A DAYS
DEBATE ON
BENEFITS
PROVIDED TO SENIOR
CITIZENS
. THESE
BENEFITS
ARE
GENERALLY
AVAILED BY GROUP OF
PEOPLE
WHO HAVE CERTAIN TYPES OF AILMENTS, WHICH REQUIRE THEM TO HAVE AN ATTENDANT AVAILABLE EVERY TIME TO
HELP
THEM WITH DAILY CHORES. THIS ESSAY WILL DISCUSS WHETHER THE
COST
ASSOCIATED WITH THESE
BENEFITS
SHOULD
BE BORN
BY PERSON'S
FAMILY
OR
GOVERNMENT
.
THE
COST
OF PROVIDING THE
BENEFITS
IN MOST OF THE
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
IS BUDGETED
BY THE
GOVERNMENT
SINCE ALL THE
CITIZENS
ARE LIABLE TO PAY TAXES WHILE THEY
ARE EMPLOYED
AND AS PART OF THEIR RETIREMENT
BENEFITS
, THE
GOVERNMENT
IS RETURNING A
SMALL
CHUNK OF THEIR MONEY. THIS
INTURN
HELP
THEM
GET
GOOD
CARE
OF THE DISEASES THEY ARE STRUGGLING FROM WITHOUT BOTHERING THEIR
FAMILIES
TO DEVOTE TIME IN HELPING THEM OUT,
HENCE
GOVERNMENT
BEARING THE
COST
FOR SERVICE TO ELDERLY IS
SEEN
AS
POSITIVE
NOWADAYS
BECAUSE
BEFORE
RETIREMENT MOST OF THE
PEOPLE
WILLFULLY
&
HONESTLY
PAID THEIR TAXES WHICH CAN BE
NOW
USED
BY THEM.
HOWEVER
, IN
SOME
PARTS OF WORLD, THE
GOVERNMENT
REFRAIN FROM PROVIDING ANY SORT OF RETIREMENT
BENEFITS
TO IT'S SENIOR
CITIZEN
POPULATION RESULTING IN
FAMILY
MEMBERS LOOKING AFTER AGED GROUP AND TAKE
CARE
OF THEM IN CASE OF NEED. THIS, IN TURN, HAMPER THE CAREER PROSPECTS OF THEIR
FAMILIES
DEPENDING ON NATURE OF
CARE
REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN DISEASES. ANOTHER POSSIBLE DISADVANTAGE OF SUCH SITUATION IS IMPACT ON THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE ENTIRE
FAMILY
SINCE IN MOST OF THE
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
, THE PER CAPITA INCOMES ARE QUITE LOW RESULTING IN FINANCIAL PRESSURE
BEING LEVIED
ON THE REST OF THE
FAMILY
MEMBERS AND WHEN
SOMETIMES
THEY
ARE ASKED
TO
REDUCE
THEIR EXPENSES TO
MEET
COST
OF
CARE
FACILITIES THAT LEADS TO A SITUATION WHICH IS DISRESPECTFUL FOR AGED
PEOPLE
.
IN CONCLUSION
, BEARING
COST
FOR ELDERLY BY THE
GOVERNMENT
SHOULD BE THE MOST PRACTICAL SOLUTION
SPECIALLY
FOR DEVELOPING NATIONS, WHERE THE INCOME STANDARDS ARE LOW AND
PEOPLE
STRUGGLE TO
MEET
THEIR ENDS. IN SITUATIONS LIKE THAT, IF
CARE
HAS TO
BE PROVIDED
BY
FAMILY
MEMBERS THEN THERE SHOULD BE A
GOVERNMENT
PROVISION FOR SHARING THE BURDEN WITH THEIR
CITIZENS
.