Why old homes in Pakistan?

Every person-man, woman and child deserves to be treated with respect and care no matter how old or young they are. Older people today are more visible as the number of old homes is being increased. The family member’s attitude changes as the responsibility comes to them. They start misbehaving with them, neglect them in many things and the same thing their children do with their grand parents. They think that parents are burden on them. Our religious and ethical belief doesn’t allow us to have this kind of behaviour towards our parents.

Living together with elder people in homes is our culture but now a days children take them as problem, they don’t want to fulfil their responsibilities towards their parents. In past, people use to think that having elders in homes is a blessing but now the trend is changed totally they don’t want them to be with them as they think that their life is being disturbed and freedom is finished.

Our culture says no to old age homes but reality today says yes. There are people who have no one left to take care or those who are poor and leading miserable lives they should be kept in old homes and given free health care, transport and other facilities. Government should take responsibilities of these people. In Pakistan, Edhi centre provides the old homes for the people who are alone and have no one left to take care.

—Karachi