Topic: Arguments for or against sending aged parents to nursing homes

The traditional Chinese family patterns are under dramatic change now. According to the survey as revealed in the table, divorce rate has been on a rise, with 16% of the married getting divorced. Besides, we can find that more than 52 % of the aged parents live alone or in the nursing homes.
Nursing homes aren't always pleasant places to visit. They can conjure up unhappy images of awkward visits to some ailing older person tied in a wheel chair muttering incoherent words, or howling like some rare type of monkey. But, according to surveys from actual nursing home residents, those images exist mostly in our minds as visitors to a nursing home. Many older people actually enjoy their stay in these homes. This may be because of the attention they receive while at the home, or maybe because they find companionship with others their own age and in the same predicament.
More than 40% of people over age 65 will stay in a nursing home at some time in their life. For some it wi