Write an essay about an old folks' home.

An Old Folks Home

There is an old folks home within walking distance from my block. In it there are about thirty old men and women who have no one to look after them at home. I have to pass by the home on the way to and from my school, hence I am quite familiar with it.

I feel sorry for the old folks at the home because they really have no one to look after them. I understand that most of them are there because they have no relatives but there are a few there who have been placed there by their children because they are ‘too busy’ to look after them. I cannot understand such a situation because I have a grandfather living with me, and I see that his children- my mother and my uncles and aunts — love him so much and actually quarrel over where he should stay. Each of them wants him to stay at their home and my mother, being the eldest, actually had to assert herself before the others agreed.

It is tragic to see some of the old people sitting outside the home with looks of hopeless despair in their eyes. I usually stop to chat. Some of them have sad stories to tell, while some others are senile and cannot even remember their names. One old lady that I speak to, and call ‘Grandma’ is seventy five years old and has been at the home for three years. Her only son is a businessman and had been looking after her for six years. She had been healthy and had helped to look after her grandchildren. Her daughter-in-law had constantly found fault with her but had allowed her to stay because she was useful. Three years ago, the old lady had become sickly and unable to look after the children. Almost immediately her son had hired a maid from the Philippines and had sent his mother to the home. This did not make any sense to me.

All I can say is that such a thing will never happen in my family and I hope my children don’t abandon me in a home.

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