Do you think the local or national government should do more

[Pili Mateo]

There are more and more elderly people in our society. People live longer and for this reason there is a big amount of aged people. This situation involves that there are more and more illness related to age and more and more social problems related to taking care of this people. Sons and daugthers work and have their own family and other duties, so it’s difficult to coordinate this with taking care of their parents. Moreover, there is not much help from the government: carers are expensive, nursing homes are expensive and there are fewer and fewer economical helping from the government.

[Admin]

Thanks for your message Pili - yes, the situation with old people is really worrying. If you don't have a family to help you, you are in trouble.
Can I help?
there are fewer and fewer economical helping from the government.= financial assistance is the word, which is uncountable: There is less and less financial assistance from the government.
See you,
Pieter