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The picture depicts a scene of interaction between the elderly and the nurses in a nursing home. These elderly seem to have some disabilities and they could be here because their children or grandchildren may have to work and arte schooling hence they do not have time to look after their elders. The elders could also have been admitted because of some health problems and a nursing home would be an appropriate place for them to rest and receive medical attention. The main focus of the picture shows shows a group of senior citizens playing a simple ball game with a nurse. Since most of the senior citizens are wheel chair bound, they would feel more comfortable playing a game that does not involve too much movement. Also, this ball game could be a form of rehabilitation for senior citizens that have problems controlling their movements. By participating in such activities like the ball game, it allows them to make use of their limbs more often so that they can control their movements easier. In my opinion, I do not feel that the elderly at the foreground are enjoying themselves based on their expressions. Most of the senior citizens looked bored and solemn and do not seem to be enjoying themselves. Moreover, most of them seemed to be forced to join a nursing home and they may miss being with their families. Hence this picture could be taken by an inspector that comes to take a daily routine check on the nursing home. I believed that no matter how good the facilities or how trained the nurses are, the senior citizens would still prefer to be under the care of their families. However it is depressing to see that in this group of senior citizens, some of them seemed to have lost touch with their families. I imagine lif at a nursing home to be rather simple as much movements would be restricted. They might not be zealous to leave home for the nursing home as they get tired easily. In conclusion, I hope that the family members would visit the senior citizens often, so that the senior citizens can spend their latter years happily.