An elderly woman crosses the street with her domestic helper in Hong Kong. Non-western societies tend to have a general belief in not placing aged family members in care homes. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Letters | The essential frailty of life in elderly care homes
- Leaving ageing family members in care homes often abandons them to the whims of corporate owners, with governments reluctant to intervene in an avidly capitalist culture
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Ageing society
An elderly woman crosses the street with her domestic helper in Hong Kong. Non-western societies tend to have a general belief in not placing aged family members in care homes. Photo: Jonathan Wong