Some children who are unable to keep up with the healthcare expenses for their elderly parent resort to abandoning them. — HASSAN BAHRI/The Star
The world’s population is changing in ways that could barely be imagined a generation ago.
Not only are we living longer, the richer, developed nations are also recording fewer births.
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