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<blockquote data-quote="Billybob" data-source="post: 2094426" data-attributes="member: 1294"><p>Those past elderly status, the old, have a much different world to live in. A small percentage of them have wealth, and relatively good health. Society treats them well, until their usefulness, i.e. money, runs out. Then, they join their less fortunate brothers and become the forgotten.</p><p></p><p>There was a time when age was equated with wisdom, and worn with pride within society. Within some Eastern cultures, it is still so. However, modern society looks the other way when it comes to the bother of caring for the aged. Of course there are Nursing Homes, and assisted living centers, but that is not the same as home care being provided by loving family members.</p><p>I sincerely hope that today's middle aged members of society consider their actions with their older relatives. As they respect, or so not respect their elders, they set the example for younger family members to follow. Loneliness, and uselessness may be their fate if they fail to nurture their own aged relatives.</p><p><a href="http://www.helium.com/items/230633-elderly-people-in-modern-society" target="_blank">http://www.helium.com/items/230633-elderly-people-in-modern-society</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>"Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members".~Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), My Several Worlds [1954].</p><p></p><p>"A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members." ~ Mahatma Ghandi </p><p>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Billybob, post: 2094426, member: 1294"] Those past elderly status, the old, have a much different world to live in. A small percentage of them have wealth, and relatively good health. Society treats them well, until their usefulness, i.e. money, runs out. Then, they join their less fortunate brothers and become the forgotten. There was a time when age was equated with wisdom, and worn with pride within society. Within some Eastern cultures, it is still so. However, modern society looks the other way when it comes to the bother of caring for the aged. Of course there are Nursing Homes, and assisted living centers, but that is not the same as home care being provided by loving family members. I sincerely hope that today's middle aged members of society consider their actions with their older relatives. As they respect, or so not respect their elders, they set the example for younger family members to follow. Loneliness, and uselessness may be their fate if they fail to nurture their own aged relatives. [url]http://www.helium.com/items/230633-elderly-people-in-modern-society[/url] "Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members".~Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), My Several Worlds [1954]. "A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members." ~ Mahatma Ghandi . [/QUOTE]
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