In some parts of the world, the respect and admiration for elderly has reduced in recent years. There are several factors that are responsible for the fall in respect for elderly among the society and this can have many adverse effects for the society.
There are many reasons for the lack of respect to the aged. The first reason is technology in other words Technology having great impact on elders. They are not getting comfortable with with technology. Secondly generation gap, today’s generation is getting more advanced day by day as compared to the oldest generation and it also create rifts between them. For instance, most of the old people refers to do things and work which is difficult to understand the younger genration. As a result, the respect and admiration for aged people has been a reduced in past years.
The major negative consequences of falling respect for elderly is that leads to the feelings of helplessness and worthlessness among elderly. To explicate it, this takes a toll on not only their mental health but also their Physical health as the elderly stop taking care of themselves. For example, employer start referring younger employees and the youngs gets better service at the shopping and restaurants
To sum up, the growing disrespect for the senior citizens can be attribute to various reasons and this has been disastrous consequences for the elderly and the society as well.