Your article More Seniors in Japan killed by relatives....:-( should be read by the relevant authorities very seriously, with a thought to the growing problem of caring for the aged in Malaysia. In particular my attention was riveted by the statement, Quote::"..It blamed the trend on care-givers buckling under the pressure of having to nurse the elderly while also facing economic difficulties. .." and immediately it came to my mind the living conditions of all Old folks in Nursing homes in our country.
From my experience of having visited many such homes, I have observed that most of the caregivers are paid very low wages, and in recent times many homes have taken to employ foreigners to do the job, some of them without proper training and experience. I have also met locals who take care of the old folks in the Homes at the same time having to cook for all of them. Some have been forced to take more than one job to make ends meet. Under such conditions, can we expect our elderly be taken care of at all? No wonder there are even stories of the old folks being given cold showers together every morning, to save time and effort. We maybe able to go into Space, but have we forgotten to leave some space in our hearts for our golden generations?
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