In this era all are very busy. Both the husband and wife to work to make both ends meet. So no time to look after the parents. Especially because nuclear families and the number of children is one or maximum two. Parents require extra care and medical facility.

Against.

It is the duty of all to look after their parents especially during their old age when they are helpless. The children should show gratitude towards their parents by taking care of them during their old age.

Most are inadequately funded and many smell of either urine or whatever other odor has been used to cover it. Some residents ask incessantly for help. Whether they need the help or are only–like a small child–seeking attention is a continual question for the overworked staff; however, those pleas for help are a part of the ambiance that is difficult to ignore.

It is hard to decide which is the greater tragedy, the Alzheimer patient whose mind is gone, but whose body is healthy, or the older person, still bright, trapped in a frail body without mobility, enduring deafness, blindness, and/or chronic pain.

The need is obvious. How that need compares with other needs is one reason for debating societies.

I’ll end where I began. Go see for yourself, or you won’t know what you are talking about.