Old age homes: Where the elderly are forced to find comfort
With the erosion of our social structure, the elderly are being neglected in many ways, the evidence of which lies in the increasing numbers at old age homes across the country. Photo: AFP
(Dunya News) - Sheikh Saadi once said that enlightenment comes from knowledge and not age. And this, undoubtedly, is true.
But old people, regardless of knowledge being their strength or weakness, possess true wisdom based on both the pleasant and harsh times they have faced during their lives.
Owing to their experiences, they are beacons of knowledge for the future generations. But with the erosion of our social structure every day, the elderly are being neglected in many ways, the evidence of which lies in the increasing numbers at old age homes across the country.
“The importance of the elderly has not gone down, nor will it ever …but there have been cases where people have brought in their parents to be admitted at the centre,” says Abdur Razzaq, the manager of an old age home.
Sharing their stories with Dunya News, senior citizens of an old age home in Lahore recall how some of them joined to kill solitude that had taken over their lives with the passage of time, and how some of them were forced to leave their homes by their families.
For more on this, watch a report by Dunya News below.
