We are facing a worldwide demographic shift that has never occurred before. Slowly but surely a substantial part of the global population is growing older […]
Who remembers our friend, Tiny?
In our continued search for humans unbound by age, we find ourselves visiting Tiny who resides in a Dutch retirement home in the South East […]
Participation society in The Netherlands
The way The Netherlands has arranged their healthcare arrangements have changed a lot the last two decades. The many baby boomers gradually getting their pensions […]
Making of…Buo Phan (91) Cambodia
We visited villages in the Battambang province, guided by Helpage Cambodia. There we met Buo Phan (91), living there with her children and grandchildren. She […]
Nkek Chanrun
This is Nkek Chanrun. She lives with her daughter, husband and three grandchildren. They own a small shop that sells food and drinks. Her husband […]
Melancholia: timeless Wednesday afternoons
In our research, and our way of researching elderly, my own images and feeling on being old come up more and more. This last week […]
Pom
This man lives in a house in a Pagode, together with his son and 2 other men. His wife and 2 other children live […]
When the children move for work, their parents take care for their children
Elderly in the rural area in Cambodia have given a new shape to reciprocity during the last decade. In the rural area, where people live […]
Sina Puch a young woman about getting old
Dear Sina. She is 43 years old, lost her husband 15 years ago and looks, as many Cambodian people, much younger, girlish even. In our […]
Mrs. Vanny
Mrs. Vanny lives in Phnom Penh to make some money to send to her province, her sister, who is blind, still lives there . She […]