Why Families in Europe Are Sending Elderly Relatives To Care Homes in Thailand

While Thailand has long been a popular tourist destination, in recent years Westerners have also been flocking there for an entirely different reason: assisted living and end of life care. Subscribe to Journeyman here: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=journeymanpictures ‘The care system in Europe is not working anymore, and it s going to be a big, big problem,’ says Martin Woodley, who opened a care facility in Thailand in 2003, after his father took his own life because he couldn t cope with his wife s dementia. Eileen Chubb, a former carer in the UK, isn t surprised people are looking for alternatives. She now investigates abuses in UK care homes and has seen plenty of horror stories: ‘People were left with bedsores to the bone and when you walked onto the unit you could smell dead flesh.’ In these Thai resorts, patients are cared for 24/7. Looking after your elders is a vital responsibility in Thai culture, but even there things are changing. One Thai woman, for example, says she won t rely on her sons in her old age: ‘I m not sure who will take care of us’. For more information, visit https://www.journeyman.tv/film/7969 Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/journeymanpictures Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JourneymanNews https://twitter.com/JourneymanVOD Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/journeymanpictures Visit our subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/JourneymanPictures/ Al Jazeera – Ref. 7969