The Story of Old Age
The growing number of elderly people poses a challenge for many countries, including Indonesia, such as how to empower the elderly and make them feel independent, useful, and valuable to society.
Everyone will go through old age in their lives, except those who die early. However, most people donβt know what will happen to them in the remaining days of their lives. Therefore, everyone feels the need to prepare for old age.
For optimistic people, old age is considered the fruit of what they had nurtured when they were young. This view, however, ignores the fact that each person treads a different social and cultural path. Old age is not always beautiful for everyone, as people go through stages of their lives individually. Some are fortunate and others are less fortunate. Some are rich, some are mediocre, and still others are poor. Some receive a large pension payment, some receive the normal rate, while others receive nothing at all. Some are healthy, some are ill.