PHILADELPHIA: Dr Kanapon Phumratprapin, chief executive officer and founder, sees that as a success and the opportunity for expansion is bright, given the increasing number of elderly people in Thailand and the Asian culture in which children are the last resort for their aging parents.
“Hospitals are designed for curative treatments, not the seriously-ill elderly. Being in a hospital also entails huge expenditure. Home care should be the right answer for elderly individuals who need long-term care [for non-communicable diseases],” he said, as he joined a seminar organised by the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) last week…