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HEALTHCARE
CHALLENGES IN CARING FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE IN PRESENT SOCIETY
Table of Contents
Introduction    3
Challenges in Caring for Elderly People in Today’s Society, with Evidences    3
Conclusion    5
References    6
Introduction
Lives of the people, having crossed about 60 to 70 years of age are not the easy ones. They are aged, feeble and dependent, if viewed in terms of existential aspects. These aspects could be social, financial, employability and health. The chronological increment of their age causes a number of both physical and mental illnesses in them that certainly require intensive care, support as well as compassion. Although receiving care is their fundamental right; however, there can be ba
iers in their care processes. Therefore, these challenges have been identified in this discussion, to facilitate taking supportive measures against them.
Challenges in Caring for Elderly People in Today’s Society, with Evidences
The elderly people are usually those categorized above 60 years of age. From this age onwards, the human body is incapable of taking stress and physical hardships, due to the decreased rigor, strength and locomotive abilities. Besides, as supported by Etkind et al. (2017), they might also lose their cognitive skills due to aging of their cere
al functioning, along with the circumstantial turmoil, of not being able to live their lives independently to a great extent, affecting their mental well-being. Apart from these, the most common mental health observed in elderly people is dementia or forgetfulness, which also refrains them from living alone, without the supervision or support of any individual (Robinson, MacDonald and Broadbent, 2014).
Hence, they require support not only physically, but also mentally and emotionally. Other than these, there are other common issues, which require care and supervision, such as hypertension, diabetes, depression, substance abuse, elderly abuse, financial crisis, low on self-esteem, lack of motivation to live, loneliness as well as neurodegenerative disorders. Therefore, it is evident that providing care to the elderly people, even if they are the parents of the support workers, can be both physically and emotionally taxing. As indicated by Chatterji et al. (2015), since elderly people are unable to care for themselves, there needs to be a support worker with them all the time, in order to help them with their daily activities, such as bathing and eating.
However, the above-mentioned areas of care are commonly met with various challenges in the present society because of not only the lack of compassion from the ends of the support worker, but also due to the lack of support from the...