Two senior citizens enjoy ice cream in the Samphraeng community in Phra Nakhon district of Bangkok on July 7, 2022. (Photo: Apichart Jinakul)
More elderly people are living alone and communities and social enterprises can play bigger roles in caring for them, a seminar was told.
A study has confirmed the trend where elderly people are living apart from their families, says Suthida Chuanwan, a researcher at the Institute for Population and Social Research, Mahidol University.
In 20 years, 11% of the elderly will be living on their own with no one to care for them. Of them, one-fourth are at risk of suffering mental insecurity, anxiety or depression. The condition may be highlighted by a fear of dying a lonely death,…
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