People are now living longer than ever before and many old people are unable to look after themselves. Some people believe that it is the responsibility of families to look after the elderly, while others say governments should provide retirement homes for them where they can be looked after properly

While being old and not being able to look after yourself, would you like to be taken care of by your family members or retirement home workers? Is it proper to leave your loved ones in a not familiar environment for them? Without a doubt, there are a lot of advantages to putting elder people in retirement homes. To begin with, the care that they will be taken there. In this way, a family can be calm about their family members because at retirement homes there are a lot of nurses and doctors that will take care of them. Furthermore, there is a great environment for old people they can communicate with people of the same age, play table games. By having friends there it will be better for their mental health. On the other hand, there are also many drawbacks of elders being put in retirement homes. To start with, they are unable to see their family often. They may suffer from that badly, seeing your closest members a few times a year can be hard. Also, imagine leaving all your life in a home that you built, you know the area well and out of a sudden, you have to move out. Especially moving out at the elder age is very hard. All things considered, there are both advantages and disadvantages to putting your family members in a retirement home. It does not suit everyone and I believe anyone considering doing it should carefully decide for their loved ones if the negative aspects outweigh the benefits.