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社会文化类    利弊影响

Nowadays someolder people choose to live in the retirement communities with other people,rather than living with their adult children. Is it a positive or negativedevelopment?

本题重点是回答老人去养老院的后果影响。

同义词：

Nursing home, assisted living facility,convalescent hospital, retirement facility, convalescent home, rest home,retirement home,

参考答案：

It is common these days that some older people prefer to live inthe retirement homes, instead of living with their adult children. From myperspective, such phenomenon is desirable in general.

First, with their parents taken care of by the nursing home, adultchildren can focus their work and their own life. Common knowledge is that old peopletend to have all kinds of medical conditions such as hyper blood pressure or dementia.Consequently, they need to be accompanied all the time so that they can getmedication immediately. Meanwhile, old people may have difficulty in cookingfor themselves, or doing the laundry. All these scenarios will not be problemsif they live in anassisted living facility

where specialists can deal with various issues. Then, their adult children can

concentrate on their own agenda without worrying about their parents.

Second, the elderly can feel much happier when living in acommunity filled with their peers. Although old people can interact with theiradult children or their grand children, generation gap may prevent them from havingmeaningful conversation. However, in a retirement facility, seniors can meetmany new friends who share similar tastes and stuff in which only people withtheir age can show interest. For example, in some Chinese nursing home, someold people can sing or appreciate Beijing Opera which are no longer appreciatedby younger generation. Also, they can play chess or practice calligraphy,pursuing their own hobby.

In conclusion, it is a beneficial thing that senior citizens live in the

retirement community, because adult children freed from their responsibility

can focusing on their own plan and senior citizens can achieve their happiness

easily.