IV Debate Session – Elderly people
Elderly people are left alone without any care but should it be considered as a serious problem? Are people too busy to look after them? Does this happen more frequently now than it did in the past?
There are so many questions to be answered. There’s more than distance pulling these families apart and creating this huge problem, there’s also a psychological point in this story. Most of those who should be taking care of their beloved ones don’t even really love them. Elderly people are only victims of what those men/women created. They have always something to give, something too precious, something like knowledge. They have an extra pair of eyes, the hearts’ eyes.
Why don’t we change the way we treat the elderly? Can’t we even give our seat on the bus? We’re connected to them and we must keep in touch and be aware of everything. Of course sometimes they are a hard task to deal with but they give us such great moments, great things and even then we use them as a punch bag. This is the proof that we don’t give them the real value they have. After all they have lived more than us and gone through similar experiences.
In advertising, children and young people are usually the most used ones. Even when older people are used, they are known actors/actresses and not common people. Can this be any sort of discrimination?
Here are some solutions we found for this problem:
- Support them
- Try to understand them
- Help them with patience
- Don’t be angry with them
- Don’t pretend you can’t see them
- Stop to talk to them
- Share a smile
- Listen to them
- Surround them with care
- Don’t abandon them
- Help them when saying goodbye
Please, don’t forget: elderly people are here to say goodbye. Remember “they are as important to us as electricity is” and think how you would like to be treated when you are older. After all, we aren’t getting any younger, so the day will come when we may be in their situation.
Mariana Oliveira 10ºC
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