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Lack of Time for Caring for Elderly Relatives

Family members and friends caring for elderly people find it hard to spend enough time looking after them.

What are the causes of this problem? What solutions can you suggest?

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Essay ideas: Lack of Time for Caring for Elderly Relatives

WhyThis is aProblem and solution essay — it asks for causes or problems, and for ways to solve them.

SoWe split the ideas intoCauses & problems(what causes it or goes wrong)andSolutions(how to fix it).

Causes & problems

3 ideas

Solutions

3 ideas

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Essay · 280 words · 4 paragraphs · 15 comments

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Response 01
Estimated band6.0/ 9

Overall assessment

The response addresses both parts of the task with a clear introduction, relevant causes such as demanding work schedules and dual-income households, and practical solutions like shared household duties and family meal times. The strongest aspect is its generally clear progression across four paragraphs. The main limitation is uneven idea development, particularly in the solutions paragraph, which relies on simple suggestions rather than fully extended explanations.

TR

Task Response

Both causes and solutions are addressed with relevant, if somewhat simple, ideas, but development remains limited and examples are thin, fitting a band 6 rather than a fully extended response.

6.0
CC

Coherence and Cohesion

Paragraphing is logical and linking devices such as 'to add to this' and 'for example' guide the reader, though cohesion is sometimes mechanical and progression within paragraphs is loose.

6.0
LR

Lexical Resource

Vocabulary is adequate for the task with some appropriate collocations like 'busy work schedule' and 'fulfil the basic needs', but range is restricted and occasional imprecise choices such as 'huddle' occur.

6.0
GRA

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

There is a mix of simple and complex structures with mostly clear meaning, but errors in determiners and verb forms, awkward sentence construction, and punctuation and capitalisation problems limit accuracy. Examples include 'due to busy schedule', 'use to do' and the capitalised 'Are' within a sentence.

6.0

What to work on next

Develop each solution more fully by explaining how it directly addresses the causes and adding more specific supporting detail.

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