Senior citizens choose not to trouble their kids


The golden years: Nik Zaidah happy to meet reporters at the nursing home she resides in and Hamidah (inset). — Bernama

IPOH: After years of hard work raising their children, many elderly or ailing parents are opting to spend their twilight years in nursing or old folks’ homes rather than burden them.

Hamidah Nok, 74, who stays at Titian Abadi Muslim Old Folks’ Home (Pekita) in Jalan Lahad, said she didn’t want to burden her childrenwho have their own offspring to care for.

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