Title : Old aged parents are better off staying at old folks home rather than staying with their  

            children.

Audience / Readers : Children of old aged parents.

Purpose : To persuade / convince my readers that old aged parents are not better off staying at old folks 

                  home rather than staying with their children.

Every single man in this world should be thanked to God for the precious gift in the world, off course, parents. Look at ourselves. Who we are without parents? Mom gave birth to us with pain and love, dad risk his live in order to provide any single thing for live to us. Only God knows the ‘value’ of their position as parents. But when they become older as the time goes by, should we send them to old folks home? Is it good to send them to old folk’s home for all their pain, love and care to raise us? I strongly disagree that old aged parents are better off staying at old folks home rather than staying with their children because staying with children can make them feel better and relieve and children can take care of them with full attention. However, it is undeniable that sometimes old aged parents are better off staying at old folks home rather than staying with their children because children maybe cannot look around them.

Staying with children can make them feel better and relieve. Old aged parents are keen to live in a better place with their children before they ‘gone’ to see the Creator. Actually they do not expect anything from children except love and attention. With the presence of the children, they feel appreciated and can stay strong to live until the end of time. Staying with children is better because they will feel comfortable. The fact is they are most happy too if we bring back only small good news to the home. Staying with children proves us that the relationship between family members never ends. Even though they become older and older, staying with children is one of the good method to tight the relationship among parents and children.

In addition, children can take care their old aged parents with full attention. As we all know, the data shows a record number of elderly parents are now living with their children nowadays. In the past seven years, in Malaysia, the number has surged by 62 percent. In fact, higher housing costs, the economy and the cost of medical care all play a role in the trend. And caring for an elderly parents is not easy, especially when you are trying to hold a job. Forty percent of caregivers who work full time report missing work on a regular basis as they try and meet the needs of an elderly loved one. All of these shows that children can ensure their parents live happily. Thy also not have to worry about their future because their children can become more close to them and take care them very well.

Opponents of this position argue that old aged parents are better off staying at old folks home rather than staying with their children since children cannot look around them because of working commitment, family and so on. Therefore, it is better to send off old aged parents to old folks home to reduce their burden instead of the children do not have a good relationship with their parents. This is because they think that their parents did not care for them enough when while they were young. So, they choose to do the same thing to their elderly parents. However, there is no guarantee if these old aged parents are living well when they are sending to the old folks home. Working commitment should not be an excuse because actually you can spend the time well with parents during after working hours, weekends and school holidays.

In conclusion, old aged parents stay with their children is better rather than sending them to the old folks home because children can take full attention and make them feel better. Therefore, we should not have all negative views towards caring of old aged parents as they are our parents that raised us very well without any doubt. What is more important, children need to manage their time well to look after their parents. Having presented my arguments, I once again totally disagree on the statement that ‘Old aged parents are better off staying at old folks home rather than staying with their children’.