Argument-led essay:

Caring for the elderly, some people think that it is the government responsibility; However, others believe it is their immediate family responsibility.

Caring for the elderly

With the population of the elderly increasing gradually, people pay more attention regarding elderly’s caring. Some people hold the opinion that the government should take the responsibility to take care of the elderly; however, others think it is their immediate family’s responsibility. In the following essay, the two points of view will be analyzed.

One point of view is that the government should take the responsibility to take care of the elderly. First of all, people who paid taxes to government every month should receive something or some care at their old age; it includes this pension plan Secondly, most seniors have devoted their time, their energy to the society when they were young, so they would want a payback; Finally, also one most important reason, some seniors have no immediate family and some seniors really have but their immediate family are not  available because of various reasons. So the government's role is very important to care for the elders.

The other point of view is that the immediate family should take care of their elderly. Firstly, only family members can give their elders the love that they need regarding their spiritual and psychological aspects. Then, most of elderly raised their children up by devote all their energy and money when they were young. It's the right time and chance for their children to payback. Lastly, caring the elderly is a vivid lesson and an excellent example/model for the young couple to educate their children to form good character and morals. 

To sum up, all mentioned above, both the government and the immediate family have the responsibilities to care for the elders. Personally, I totally agree with this, the government can provide a certain part of financial and materially help and support to the elderly, and at the same time the immediate family can give the elder the spiritual and psychological comfort and love. This can help the elders a lot during their old age. Furthermore, if the immediate family can understand well that the government can’t provide the perfect services to the elderly by now because of public resources limited and try to provide as much effort as they can to take care of their elderly, that will be much better for the elderly.