Abandoned old man rescued

[Thaivisa News]

Chon Buri: – The Sattahip authorities have intervened and rescued a senior citizen whose relatives cited poverty as reason to abandon him at a Buddhist temple like a stray dog.

The plight of Jun Boonsaeng, 81, came to light after monks at Wat Thep Prasart in Sattahip district found him sitting alone and crying.

Jun said his granddaughter was supposed to take care of him and that she said she was no longer capable of sheltering and feeding him anymore before hiring a tuktuk to drop him off at the temple.

Contacts for the granddaughter and other relatives to adopt Jun under their care had failed. One of the great granddaughters said the relatives could not afford to have Jun staying with them even though they all love him very much.

Sattahip district chief Parinya Pothisat said he was appalled to hearing about Jun being abandoned by relatives.

Parinya intervened to alert the Banglamung Social Welfare Centre for Older Persons.

Centre director Jittima Kriaree agreed to allow Jun to live at Ban Banglamung, the state-run home for the aged.

After Jun spent a few days at the temple, Parinya and Jittima yesterday picked him up to live in the new home.

His great granddaughter SirinthornKuasaraporn went to see Jun settling in. She said she was sad but she and none of the relatives could not help him.

She said she would try to check on him every month although she was not in the financial position to care for him.

Jun said he was grateful for the intervention of the authorities. He said he would “sing his praises” for the social welfare given to him as he had no other means to show his gratitude.

[whitemouse]

Sickening!

[Jessi]

Money Number ONE!!!!

If the old man had plenty of money they would never let him go...........So much for family values THAILAND.

[apetley]

'.....even though they all love him very much.'

Yeah, right.

[h90]

Money Number ONE!!!!

If the old man had plenty of money they would never let him go...........So much for family values THAILAND.

No they would have taken the money first and than put him at the temple....

[loppylugs1]

Think this is why so many old farang live in Thailand too

[jacko45k]

What a heartbreaking story.

It has given me a guilty conscience.

[Suradit69]

Money Number ONE!!!!

If the old man had plenty of money they would never let him go...........So much for family values THAILAND.

Not typical here and far worse in the west.

"Granny dumping, as it's called, was unheard of 15 years ago but now the anecdotal evidence tells us it has become somewhat of a trend," said John Meyers, a spokesman for the American Association of Retired Persons, which has 33 million members. "Not a day goes by when a hospital emergency room somewhere in America doesn't have a case where some elderly person has been abandoned, usually by the children."

Although precise numbers are not available, the American College of Emergency Physicians surveyed hospitals and concluded that up to 70,000 elderly parents were abandoned last year by family members who were unable or unwilling to care for them any longer.

[nikmar]

Jesus, what a world we live in.

[steven100]

' She said she would try to check on him every month '

Thainess ...... but please don't go to any trouble if your too busy ..

[NanLaew]

Not a big fan of Buddhism myself but I reckon this 'poor' family's karma bus just left town.

[DLang]

Such a superior set of morals and family values.

Where's the Thailand that I was led to believe existed?

[robblok]

Nobody knows how poor these people are and what they have tried. Its always easy to talk when you got money yourself. I doubt that this decision was taken lightly. But isnt this what temples should be for.. caring for people like true buddists.

[nickcar]

Nobody knows how poor these people are and what they have tried. Its always easy to talk when you got money yourself. I doubt that this decision was taken lightly. But isnt this what temples should be for.. caring for people like true buddists.

Exactly. We dont know the circumstances. Could be all sorts of issues we dont know about. I wonder where are the children? Only grandchildren and great grandchildren left?

What we do know is that this is very unusual in Thailand.

[jackanapes]

old and unwanted even by your own kith and kin it happens here just the same as it happens in Europe nasty nasty.

[Khun Riki]

Please don't judge his relatives so quick. And he's found help at last. Not many old people are so lucky.

[petercool]

I have to say that this is not at all typical in Thailand.

In close to 5 decades I have yet to meet a Thai who was not helping a parent or other elders in the family.

[mercman24]

no different in the uk, i live in BKK , am about to sell my house in the UK, my family not bother with me (mai pen rai) now suddenly i have had contact. well they can run and fkin jump, gonna spend it on my "girls" he he !!

[balo]

This is no different than any other country with a poor welfare system. If the families are genuinely poor and they run out of options the temple is the last resort for them. In Europe our welfare system kicks in and "save" us.

[Banzai99]

Money Number ONE!!!!

If the old man had plenty of money they would never let him go...........So much for family values THAILAND.

Not typical here and far worse in the west.

"Granny dumping, as it's called, was unheard of 15 years ago but now the anecdotal evidence tells us it has become somewhat of a trend," said John Meyers, a spokesman for the American Association of Retired Persons, which has 33 million members. "Not a day goes by when a hospital emergency room somewhere in America doesn't have a case where some elderly person has been abandoned, usually by the children."

Although precise numbers are not available, the American College of Emergency Physicians surveyed hospitals and concluded that up to 70,000 elderly parents were abandoned last year by family members who were unable or unwilling to care for them any longer.

Your not allowed to post facts pertaining to the west, ThaiVisa is for slagging off Thailand and Thai people at every opportunity whilst forgetting this goes on all the time in other countries too.

Edited April 29, 2015 by Banzai99

[petercool]

a post using a derogatory term was removed along with a reply quoting that - plus a very crude post was removed

[Nick167]

Ah.....Thainess at its best! Please circulate this story around so that people understand thainess!

[konying]

Money Number ONE!!!!

If the old man had plenty of money they would never let him go...........So much for family values THAILAND.

Not typical here and far worse in the west.

"Granny dumping, as it's called, was unheard of 15 years ago but now the anecdotal evidence tells us it has become somewhat of a trend," said John Meyers, a spokesman for the American Association of Retired Persons, which has 33 million members. "Not a day goes by when a hospital emergency room somewhere in America doesn't have a case where some elderly person has been abandoned, usually by the children."

Although precise numbers are not available, the American College of Emergency Physicians surveyed hospitals and concluded that up to 70,000 elderly parents were abandoned last year by family members who were unable or unwilling to care for them any longer.

Your not allowed to post facts pertaining to the west, ThaiVisa is for slagging off Thailand and Thai people at every opportunity whilst forgetting this goes on all the time in other countries too.

The problem is that in most Western countries there are some social programs and some welfare system.

For example in Australia, putting aside the pension and discounts on pretty much everything for the elders, there are a number of homes, including state owned, private organizations, and charities which all come to help one way or another,churches that provide food and bed and so on.

When my mother was sick(and did not tell me for at least 1 year) without me knowing, she had some animal welfare group come on daily basis to take her dogs for a walk. Another welfare group sent someone over on daily basis to clean and cook for her, including shopping, another one arranged for car to take her to the doctors and doctor also made home visit once per week, while nurses did daily visits to make injections. All of that was 100% FREE, because she was an elder lady.

Once i knew and went back home, support services did not stop

In Thailand, i did not even know such homes existed, right up till now reading this OP

[Stargeezr]

I am afraid that the world is not the same place it was 10 20 or 30 years ago.

Morals have changed a lot, and so has decency, respect, consideration, concern,

gratitude, and a lot of other words that I can not think of this minute.

The F word was not used back then half as much as it is today, as well as all of the

other filthy words, that I even get to hear in movies or bars or on the street.

Great that I won't be around another 50 years, as I am not at all sure that I would want to be.

[greenchair]

Never mind the family, they have done their best.

Let's look at the Temple, that receives millions of baht every year to help the poor. But does not spend a penny of it to help the poor. All that undeclared money going into the head monks coffers. Shameful.

[jaapfries]

Not a big fan of Buddhism myself but I reckon this 'poor' family's karma bus just left town.

Perhaps your knowledge and/or understanding of "Buddhism" is somewhat limited, otherwise you would never even consider writing what you did. It's a bit like stating "I am not a great fan of a good thing" . . . . . . . .

Edited April 29, 2015 by jaapfries

[brling]

Never mind the family, they have done their best.

Let's look at the Temple, that receives millions of baht every year to help the poor. But does not spend a penny of it to help the poor. All that undeclared money going into the head monks coffers. Shameful.

What, "(the family have done their BEST)" really ? shameful indeed

[connda]

Think this is why so many old farang live in Thailand too

Yeah, you get old and senile, you're Tii Rak takes all your money and drops you at the temple, the authorities pick you up, and compassionately install you as a floor mat in the Bangkok Hilton.

Remember, compassionate Thainess is for Thais. Not farang.

[billd766]

Think this is why so many old farang live in Thailand too

Yeah, you get old and senile, you're Tii Rak takes all your money and drops you at the temple, the authorities pick you up, and compassionately install you as a floor mat in the Bangkok Hilton.

Remember, compassionate Thainess is for Thais. Not farang.

How many old and senile farangs have YOU personally known this happen to?

[phycokiller]

Money Number ONE!!!!

If the old man had plenty of money they would never let him go...........So much for family values THAILAND.

try living without food and a roof and let us know how romantic it is, and let us know how many people you are able to help out when you are in that position