Children are working away from home. ...

Safety is an issue for senior citizens. ...

A like-minded community. ...
Stress free living. ...
Medical attention. ...
A constant companionship.

6 Reasons Why Retirement Homes Are

Becoming a Must Today
by Ramesh Kumar | Aug 7, 2013 | 0 comments
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Most of us would shudder at the thought of our parents having to live in a

retirement home during old age. But given the modern situation where most
children are working away from home, whether abroad or in another city, the
best option and sometimes the only option is to keep the parents in a
retirement home.
I personally know an old lady living all alone in an apartment in Indiranagar
while his only son is working in the States. She faces a myriad problems
everyday and her son too is under considerable tension regarding her well
being. In such a situation a retirement home can act as a perfect solution for
both.
Lets see some of the reasons why retirement homes are becoming imperative
today:
1. Children are working away from home
Most children reside outside India or in another city for work purpose and the
ageing parents are left all alone with no one to look after them. A retirement
home offers the opportunity to live as a community giving the feeling of an
extended family.
2. Safety is an issue for senior citizens
It has become a common occurrence nowadays of crimes being committed
against senior citizens, as they are easy targets. Living in a retirement home
gives protection and security to them because of constant screening of
visitors. Also gadgets like CCTV offering constant surveillance and video
intercom makes sure that it is possible to monitor visitors.
3. A like-minded community
We are social animals and friends are an essential part of our lives. Once
people retire from their jobs they miss the daily interactions that they used to
have with colleagues who were of the same age group. At retirement homes
with neighbours and occupants of the same age group it is easy for any
person to blend in comfortably and lead an actively social life.
4. Stress free living
Daily work at home may not be mentally stressful but is physically very
demanding, especially for senior citizens. At retirement homes, most of the
daily chores and work is taken care by the association offering senior citizens
a stress free living. Even chores like daily cooking are taken care of at the
community kitchen.
5. Medical attention
A constant cause of tension regarding senior citizens are health related issues
and medical emergencies. Since retirement homes are exclusively for senior
citizens, medical help is always available and are better equipped to handle
emergencies.
6. A constant companionship
The modern dilemma during these times are that even though there is no
monetary scarcity, yet due to work pressure and commitments children are
often not able to give their parents as much time as they would want to. The
result? The senior citizens health often ends up being neglected. Isolation is
also a huge issue which can lead to mental depression. At a retirement home,
 the community thrives on companionship and care, hence minimizing any
feeling of neglect and isolation.
Having said this, we must also remember that there is also a downside to
retirement homes. Firstly, a huge amount of money gets locked in as a deposit
or a down payment which cannot be retrieved if for some reason the inhabitant
decides to quit the home. Secondly, retirement homes lack a mixed age
community, which some people may prefer to having only senior citizens as
community members.

Sometimes grown-ups fail to realize their duty and are so much engrossed in
their personal lives that they feel it a burden to keep the parents with them. They feel
it as an interference in their personal lives and eventually tell their parents that they
can not keep them.

The ego clash between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law causes too much
stress in the house and the situation comes at such the worst that they can not live
together.

New generation is becoming more materialistic and their attitude towards

parents is changing. They seem to have lost their patience.