Health, financial issues plague senior citizens in their not so golden years

PETALING JAYA: In the streets of Kuala Lumpur, an 80-year-old woman works in a laundrette, earning a meagre income to support herself. The woman, whose family had abandoned her, relies on soup kitchens for food. When she has extras, she saves it for her next meal.

A man in his 70s, who nearly got kicked out of his rented room because he had seven months of overdue rent, has no one to rely on. He, too, was abandoned.