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Home » Reader question » Are there retirement homes in Thailand?
Are there retirement homes in Thailand?
Dear readers,
I see many old Thai people living alone in my area, usually the family keeps an eye on things, but whether it is possible is another matter.
Are there state retirement homes in Thailand where people can spend their old age?
Regards,
Kidney
There are indeed, especially in the big city of BKK, such homes, but I don't know if it's from the state or municipality - I'm guessing on the latter. The same also applies to, for example, shelter for homeless people. There are certainly not many and they are indeed only for the elderly who have no family at all and no money to pay for a caretaker. Especially the one in Bang Khae is well known.
Yes there are. In Chiang Mai, for example, there is an old people's home inside the moat in the southeast corner of the old city.
I never researched the details….
goodbye
In Lopburi there was(is) a home for the elderly. Well, it's a couple, nurses, who opened a home years ago. He managed 1 in Lopburi and his wife in Bangkok. I paid 3 THB per month for my mother-in-law, who died 13000 years ago, all inclusive. In this home about 14 beds were available. There was also a British woman who was unfortunately a bit left to her fate by her son who had a business in TH.
Yes, there are state retirement homes in Thailand.
The private retirement homes are the best, but you pay for them.
I myself am also looking for a good quality and affordable private elderly home,
in the Chonburi or Bangkok.
Just search on google for sunshine international thailand
Bert, Sunshine International is actually more for foreign guests, although of course Asian guests are also welcome. But it is way above the standard of state retirement homes.
Moreover, they are not really homes for the elderly, younger elderly people can also live there. Well worth it with a medical staff available 24/7.
The owner is currently (perhaps already back) on a tour of Europe promoting Sunshine.
I went to Hua Hin a few months ago to have a look… looked great and not bad in terms of price either.
Thanks Bert and Sjaak for the information, googled it, looks good.
Perhaps it is better if you have your own house, to hire a nurse,
if family has no time, no skills or no sense, or if you don't want others to do it
get on with the care.
Will have to see if they have something like in Huahin in Bangkok or Chonburi in due course.
In Banglamung there is a care home for 400 elderly people, who are really the poorest of the poor. Everything has to be paid for for literally 800 baht per person per month. Needless to say, donations are welcome.
In 2009, baritone Ronald Willemsen gave them an unforgettable afternoon by celebrating charity on his birthday. The street party in Jomtien also contributed to this.
The German church in Pattaya has started a project in collaboration with Bangkok where a limited number of old compatriots, who often need help, can live in houses at their own resort with care.
In Nonpru near Pattaya I know a large old people's home. Don't know if it's state or private though.
Thai woman in the Netherlands has set up a foundation to help old people.
http://mevrouwpon.nl/
I wonder if the Buddhist temples could (will) play a role in this. Often there is a lot of space, accommodation for cooking, solar panels for energy supply. If you can expand that with 24/7 supervision and care, you've come a long way. Often there are already many houses that can be adapted to a somewhat higher standard (air conditioning, hot water shower). Then these temples would have a nice social added value and the money from the tamboon donors would be well spent. Many elderly people also find these temples to be a peaceful environment.