Question

Please write down a comment, what piques your curiosity in what you read below? (150-250 Words)

I have heard and know a little bit about AARP and know it is for people aged 50 and older and stands for American Association of Retired Persons. Although I have never gone to the website or researched anything about it, there is a lot of information. The first piece of information I learned was there was a link to help for grandparents who are raising their grandchildren. There is legislation that will provide information about services for families, with more focus on those impacted by the opioid crisis. I learned under the Personal Technology tab that an iPhone update will speed emergency response so that 911 callers can be tracked more quickly. Under the Home tab, there was a link with an article about inheriting a home and what you need to do next and make sure it isn’t a money pit. I also learned that the veterans suicide rate as rose over the last decade and that veterans are nearly twice as likely as nonveterans to commit suicide. I also learned what one couple who has been married for 75 years says is the success of marriage. The couple says that it is important to be nice to one another, make each other laugh, never go to bed with a grudge and always kiss each other goodnight. Lastly, I also read about how the AARP Foundation Experience Corps also helped 31,000 children to become better readers. There is a lot of useful and interesting links and information on the website.

Answer 1

With the increase in more number of elders living on their own making enough help available for them becomes the foremost duty of all the governments because they have served the country well. They have spent their entire life protecting and shaping the society and people and have left their children to support the community. So, it becomes important that the governments, non-government organizations and the community service providers to ensure enough help is available for them to live a happy and contented retired life.

It’s very saddening to know that more veterans who risked their life to fight for the country is committing suicide because of lack of support system. It becomes the paramount important that they get enough counselling, life skills support and financial support to lead a normal life after a turbulent past. The noise of the battle field will be always in their hearts and minds thus becoming inseparable. Society needs to make more infrastructure and other facilities to accommodate all the elderly people especially, the veterans to lead a normal life because they had sacrificed their personal happiness, their family life and children in order to protect the country in the war from in harsh conditions.