영어리포트-Family Responsibility? 노년층 인구의 증가. 그 해결책은?

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Living with an older generation in an extended family used to be considered a tradition, especially in many Asian counties. However, as society has changed, the concept and the size of the family unit have also been modified toward a nuclear family. Although the elderly are considered venerable, living together to include the older generation could trigger great disadvantages for both the old and the young generation.

To begin with, most elderly pursue a relaxing life spending time on their own. Often people think that the elderly should be looked after by other family members as they are old and vulnerable. In actual fact, they are proud of keeping their independence, living by themselves, and not relying on younger family members. These days, the elderly people find great pleasure in their life in the form of a hobby or voluntary work apart from the stereotype of cooking their secret recipe or telling old stories. Besides the freedom it brings, an independent life encourages them to keep up their confidence and self-esteem which tend to decline as aging progresses. In addition, because of the simple fact that most of the elderly are retirees staying home more than other family members

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