Getting Old

We were driving along Ortigas Avenue last week with my husband and daughter when we saw an old man and a woman along the street begging for money. The scene broke my heart… so I gave them some money when they knocked on our window.

I wonder if they still have relatives, because I know that here in my country we value the elderly. We still take care of them even though we already have our own family. We don't just leave them with no one to look out or take care of them. I know of some friends who still have their old parents living with them or if not provide a house for them. And they do that because they can't take that their aging parents will be wandering around by themselves.

In some parts of the world it's a different scenario. Maybe because of their busy schedules, some people had no choice but to send their elderly to nursing homes or care homes (like those in assisted living glendale ) and put them under the care of trusted caregivers but of course they do regular visit. I had a friend who works in an assisted living homes Arizona. She said that some of their patients were there because their relatives or children do not have enough time to take care of them specially those with health problems. My friend said that there are quite a number of elderly with assisted living in Arizona. Some still have their immediate family while others are visited by relatives.

This made me thinking…getting old is really inevitable that's why as long as we're young and strong, we need to nurture our relationships with our family so that when we reached that age, we will be assured that our children and relatives will take care of us whether with their own help or through an assisted living from care homes.