Old age home -- Curse or boon to society

Is old age home a curse or boon to the society? As every coin has two faces and so is the old age home. This depends how we look towards them as the beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.

It is a curse when the children send their parents in the old age home instead of serving them and taking care of them and that too when the parents spent all their lives in their children welfare.

If we talk to any parent he will surely say the following:

A) The day you see us old please be patient and try to understand us.
B) If we forget something don’t get annoyed and try to remember the days you were kids.
C) Try to be our support when we are not able to walk and remember your first step you have taken with our support.
D) When we will get ill and feeble and you need to spend money on us just think for the days we spent all of our saving in fulfilling your desires by scarifying our own.

But, children leaves their parents in old age home just to enjoy their lives with there family or just because they don't want to spent their earning to their old parents though they always forget that if you have your elders with you it not only gives an immense pleasure but also gives you a roof under which you will feel relaxed and safe as they were throughout there life but children thinks their parents to be a hurdle in their lives.

Writing this topic it’s worth writing these phrases:

• When you have children yourself, you begin to understand what you owe your parents.

• You can't tell the cost of food and fuel without being the head of a household; you can't appreciate the love of your parents without having children of your own.

A movie was released some times back named "Lago Raho Munna Bhai" there it showed an old age home named "second innings" and I really liked the concept of second innings – the innings (remaining number of years) after the completion of all the responsibilities and every one wants that after completing his/her responsibilities and one should be rewarded and shouldn’t be ignored. This is the way which makes the old age homes a curse for our society.

But, as I said every coin has two faces and hence, it applies to old age homes as well. Old age homes can be a place of the old people having no-body behind to take care of them. It can be a recreation place for old people to enjoy their rest of the life, to have friends with whom they can share their thoughts, their problems, their perspectives, a place which can give them a feel of satisfaction that they are still human beings and people do care for them and the best part is that it can be a place which can fulfill their desires that they killed due to the responsibilities they needed to endure. Old age homes shouldn’t be only for the old people who need to stay there it should be for all the old age people so that they can come and meet other people of their age and can share and can help each other if possible and this can give a felling of some extra support to them and this way it can be a boon to the society and this way it can be a boon to the society.

But at last but not the least nothing can overlap the pleasure one can get in his/her family with his/her children, wife, parents and the best part grand children (Mool se bayaz jyada accha lagta hai (Interest is always better than the principal) ) :).


This is how I feel about the old age homes and want to know you peoples views regarding this and the way old age homes should be promoted.