RECENTLY, I went to visit an elderly man in an old folks home. As I reached the gates of the home, a woman in her mid-seventies came rushing to me and asked, “Have you seen my son? He left me here promising to come back after a few days but he has not come for the last few weeks. I am very worried for him”.
The old woman looked visibly upset, crying and worried that something bad had happened to her only son. The elderly woman was staying in a low-cost flat with her son, his wife and three children. As the children were growing up, there was limited space for all in the small flat.