British families are sending elderly relatives with dementia overseas to Thailand in a small but growing trend. Local authority residential care costs up to £700 a week, with private care around £1,000. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Swiss guests with Alzheimer’s disease in a care home in Chiang Mai, Thailand. He founded the Care Resort Chiang Mai six years ago, after becoming unhappy with the quality of care his mother was receiving in her British care home. When his wife’s condition worsened, their daughter found a Chiang Mai care home on the internet.

Source: The Guardian January 12, 2020 22:30 UTC