THE OLD AGE HOME SERVICE WHICH IS ALSO HELPFUL FOR THE SINGLE AND INDEPENDENT PEOPLE

THE OLD AGE HOME SERVICE WHICH IS ALSO HELPFUL FOR THE SINGLE AND INDEPENDENT PEOPLE

The scenario changed gradually and steadily with the decline of the joint family system, which was replaced by the nuclear family system. While the younger generation had no difficulty in moving out of the house and adjusting themselves to new environs and getting adapted to new ways of life, it is the elderly group that found the change to be a hardship. They found the going tough with attached sentiments, comforts and property holdings. 

Elders that consist of both men and women who remained single without getting married invariably landed in old age home. While many have accepted the change, others are unable to adjust to the conditions and new environment. But some are unable to travel owing to health reasons such as immobility or other personal reasons go in search of old age home. Thus old age home was born to help mainly the non-resident Indians (NRIs), to relieve them of the tension of leaving behind parents under the care of someone outside the family system.