The fact is that modern cultural patterns in which an unbalanced emphasis is often given to economic productivity, efficiency, physical strength and beauty, personal comfort, can have the effect of making the elderly seem burdensome, superfluous and useless, and of putting them on the margins of family and social life- The elderly often have the charisma to bridge generation gaps before they are made.
En fait, les modèles culturels modernes, où l'on met trop souvent l'accent sur la productivité économique, l'efficacité, la force physique, la beauté et le confort, peuvent nous donner l'impression que les aînés sont encombrants, superflus et inutiles et nous inciter à les laisser en marge de la vie familiale et sociale .
