Old people are forgetful and totally dependent. they enter into their second childhood yet they need to be taken care of. justify with reasons.do you think old age homes are advisable ? why?

Old age homes, or retirement homes are advisable for many different reasons. First of all, many of the elderly's children are not able to provide the needed care on a 24/7 basis. In the present day society, both the mother and the father have to work to be able to provide for their own children. By placing their elderly loved on into a retirement home, they are able to continue working, while entrusting their loved one with professional nurses and caretakers. These workers are able to keep a constant eye on the elderly, provide them with balanced meals, give them their daily medications, and provide physical therapy should it be needed. 

"And this new grief we bore with us to sea:

our precious lives we had, but not our friends."

Explanation:

I believe this excerpt best describes that the ancient Greeks valued the idea of home, because the entire paragraph is talking of home and of adventure and being at sea, but that excerpt shows that they were not happy being away from home, they wanted their friends, not just to 'live' their lives this way.