Lack of money cited as reason why children abandon parents.

The Star newspaper yesterday highlighted the rise in numbers of older citizens being abandoned in hospitals and even public streets by their children. The top reason cited for this sad, sad situation? Financial woes.

This is an example of how the current economic climate indirectly affects our society, though lack of money is not the only thing to blame, admittedly.

We're an Asian country. We had a good, working system. Children should look after their parents, that's the way it goes, the way it has been. That's why, now, the government is struggling to find good, dedicated carers. Its because there was not much need for them in the past.

I stress to the (few) readers of this blog, please, make your parents a financial priority. They deserve better than being left alone in old age.