Elderly

Should elderly passel be neglected? Recently, a report has stated, to many masss amazement, as many as 30% elderly people live below the distress line in Hong Kong. An increasing number of the elderly in the territory confirm received tender security assistance from the politics. In the absence of adequate savings and regular income, little difficulty is at that place in understanding why the elderly more rely on the government. There argon any(prenominal) difficulties that the elderly have to come to grips with. One major obstacle is the financial burden that elderly people have to cope with.The elderly do not have regular income without working to maintain their rudimental require of living, from food, clothing to dwelling. Moreover, after retirement, the protection is far from adequate, few elderly people are self-sufficient to address complaint themselves. The elderly who fail to premeditation for themselves, as a result, have no choice plainly to cling to the govern ment to receive assistance. Another principal barrier elderly people are facing, in addition to the financial burden, is poor family relationship.Most family members neglect the elderly, rarely do they talk with them, understand what they are thinking, and press into account the feelings of the elderly. Elderly people feel alone, they are left at place without any care from their family members. In near serious cases, the elderly do not have enough money to bargain food when they are hungry, due to the apathetic attitude of family members toward them. What the government, families and community groups need to do in sideline of better care of the elderly, and how.In the aspect of the government, it is of paramount importance to promote harmony family life, especially enhancing communication with the elderly. The government could encourage families holding family day or events with elderly, such as hiking, barbecue. On the other hand, the government should have some improvements o f retirement protection, to ensure the elderly may rake care themselves after retirement, it is the first rate to help elderly people to evacuate poverty. Family plays an important role on taking better care of the elderly.Few families can get along well with the elderly. In hopes of understanding the elderly thought and caring them, family members, barely busy, should charge little time to talk with the elderly every day such as sharing happiness, some amusing moments in that day. Moreover, family members should simply go home to have dinner with the elderly. Sometimes, if cannot do home for dinner, they may leave a memo asking after the elderly, just few words are enough. Also, families need to give adequate money to elderly people for their daily life.Community groups such as some non-government organizations also can pay efforts to improve taking care of elderly people. They can organize various(a) types of family activities to encourage family members taking part in with t he elderly. Apart from that, they can hold some distribution campaigns for the elderly, for instance, sift distribution, moon cake distribution and so on. To conclude, the elderly should not be separated from the society. The families have the responsibilities to take care them. The government and community groups also need to pay effort to help the elderly unravel the poverty.