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Caring for our elders cannot wait

ཟླ་༩ 12, 2025 2 mins read
Caring for our elders cannot wait

The conference on long-term care (LTC) for our senior citizens may seem like just another meeting in Thimphu, but it marked something more profound, a reckoning with a reality we can no longer ignore. The country is ageing, family bonds are thinning, and the comforting belief that children will always care for their parents is steadily eroding.

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