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It's Difficult for Aging Parents

Woradej Rinswongkawang from Thailand says says aging parents can not care of themselves, but it is hard for people who work to take care of them.

Woradej Rinswongkawang
Photo: S. Peters
It's hard for people who have to work full-time to make a living and take care of their parents at the same time.

Now people tend to live longer, and when they get older, in some cases, they can not take care of themselves. As a result, their middle-aged children have to take care of them.

I think that aging parents in my country are not in a good position because when they can not take care of themselves, and sometimes no one can take care of them. Because in my country people become full-time workers, the situation today is not like the situation in the past in which all members of the family worked together in the house.

It's hard for people who have to work full-time to make a living and take care of their parents at the same time. Unfortunately, sometimes they have to make a hard decision to send their parents to nursing homes. 



More international views:
Families Share the Responsibility | It's a Problem in Western Societies | Children Become the Caretakers


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