It's introduction:
Introduction
Many Singaporeans today view the elderly as a burden. Most of them now either live separately from their family or are left in the care of nursing homes or hospice. Some even live in the streets. Many of them never get visited by their relatives or family at all, they feel neglected and extremely disappointed, as the children they have raised do not even show care and concern.According to the Singapore Medical Journal 2006, the number of nursing home beds has increased to over 6400, 75% of which were provided by 28 nursing homes run by voluntary welfare organizations and the remainder by privately-run nursing homes.
We sincerely hope that at sometime in the future the abandonment of old folks will decrease.
Pictures posted by Lions.
We are not allowed to take pictures or videos, so we found some pictures on the official website of the Geylang East Home for the Aged instead:
Pictures of homeless old folks were also taken~
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