1 de marzo de 2012

ESSAY #3 SENIOR CITIZENS

TANYA- AYLEEN

#7935 law establishes the rights and benefits for people who are 65 years and over. In this law, they have the right to health, sports, security, education, recreation, labor, and artistic activities, social

housing, it

establishes

sanctions for people or institutions that violate their rights. These laws detail the importance of recognizing the dignity of elders and encourage society as a whole to be aware of healthy life patterns and eliminate stereotypes or myths of aging and old age. This law, guarantees equal

enior citizens are people who are over 65 years.

opportunities and a life worthy to elders. Senior citizens have benefits like a decent pension, public transportation, discounts in drugstores, entertainment, recreation, hospitals, hosting, immediate emergency, rehabilitation preventive, hospital medical care, and social

When they are retired and

stop working, they participate in some recreational activities. They are citizens of great value to society since their life experiences enrich future generations. Senior citizens in Costa Rica have rights, benefits, and reasons to be alive. Senior citizens in Costa Rica have legal tools to defend their rights. The

assistance in case of unemployment, non-discrimination in employment and equal rights with other workers, the right to have a job appropriate to their age, preferential treatment in all

administrative processes, access to a

1 de marzo de 2012

ESSAY #3 SENIOR CITIZENS

TANYA- AYLEEN These people are an important part of society. For this reason, we, the young people, must give better opportunities and better care to them. Every person in some moment will be an elder and will need to be cared by the rest of people. Today we are here thanks to elderly

substitute home or other alternatives for care, psycho-social and legal protection to elderly adults affected by physical, sexual, psychological and economic

violence. All these benefits try to give the best treatment and quality of life which is an essential part of society. Old age can be a time for and new the

people that worked when they were young to give us the best kind of life. They deserve the best conditions to live, and we can do that. Only we can care and offer a happier life to our senior citizens, they deserve it.

opportunities,

productivity,

development of skills and knowledge. Elderly people must turn away

depression or sadness. Their life should allow aid to certain important elders can

necessitates, for example,

have some distraction in the household such as listening to music, painting, playing cards, or domino or outdoor activities for example, goings to the cinema or the theatre, goings out with friends, goings to the park, or reading a newspaper. Senior citizens are very valuable people in society and must be taken care in the best way. They are people who have many reasons to continue living, as there are many activities that can be made when they retired. They are people who deserve to live happily enjoying this new phase of their lives calmly and well appreciated.