Himanshu Rath, Founder Chairman, Agewell Foundation
Attending the 13th session of the Open-Ended Working Group for Aging
at the United Nations, New York on behalf of millions of Old People in India.
A Short Moral Story on “Caring for the Old”
http://www.rajputbrotherhood.com/eng/articles/a-short-moral-story-on-caring-for-the-old.html Swati Gupta Articles In olden times our country had the joint family system. It was a nice system. Under this system the needs of all age groups in the family were looked after very carefully. It took good care of the children, the young and the old alike, without any reservation or any kind of pressure or pain to anybody. The old looked after and loved the children , while the young respected and served the old. In modern times due to the urbanization and the job requirement of the young people the ideal family system had gradually broken down. The people are following western countries and nuclear family system is fast coming up leaving the old people helpless and neglected. In search of employment the young people are forced to leave their ancestral houses which their parents and foref...
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