Saturday, June 14, 2014

Respect Your Elders

 Everybody including every life form will become elder as they grow older. This is universal law applicable to even the god stepping into the universe through the reincarnation route. 

One survey in India found that elderly citizens face humiliation in many different ways of abuse.

Women among them are reported to be more affected. 
Usual types of abuse are verbal abuse, disrespect and economic exploitation. Not providing food and timely care remain to be the common complaints of abuse. 
Daughter-in-laws constitute the major perpetrators of this abuse. 

There are many people who never visited their elderly parents for years together: not even bothered to know whether they are alive. But they call on the parents when they face financial or physical discomforts. Still worse, some children, aged above 50 years, complain that they wouldn't  mind their elders because the latter is of no use.

June 15 is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day.

Better be aware  and respect your elders.


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