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Sunshine International
Retirement Residence
T
he next 10 years will witness
an increase of about 236
million people aged 65 and
older throughout the world.
Thereafter, from 2025 to 2050, the
older population is projected to
almost double to 1.6 billion globally,
whereas the total population will
grow by just 34 percent over the same
period.
Population aging, while due
primarily to lower fertility, also
reflects a human success story of
increased longevity. Today, living to
age 70 or age 80 is no longer a rarity
in many parts of the world. However,
increasing longevity has led to new
challenges: How many years can
older people expect to live in good
health? What are the chronic diseases
that they may have to deal with? How
long can they live independently?
Will they have sufficient economic
resources to last their lifetimes? Can
they afford health care costs?
A man who has put a lot of thought
into the dilemma faced by this aging
generation is Andrew Stocks, a Brit
who moved to Thailand several years
ago. According to Andrew, “Moving
into a retirement home in Europe is
often so expensive that people are
being forced to sell their homes. Also,
living in a home in Europe is often no
fun at all, with the bad weather most
months of the year, very few people
move out from the room they are
staying in.“
Andrew noticed over the past few
years that Hua Hin is becoming more
and more a favorite for retirees to
move too and in the past 12 months
Hua Hin has been awarded the top
spot in the world to retire too.
With this in mind, Andrew has
set about building his Sunshine
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International Retirement Residence
in Hua Hin. Sunshine International
specializes
in
holidays
and
permanent residences for those that
feel they would like to have extra
care.
The luxury resort, with beautiful
tropical gardens, will offer high
quality residential and short stay
holiday's that are focused on
improving one’s well-being and
overall quality of life while benefiting
from exceptional care that is highly
personalized to an individual’s
needs. Unlike many care homes,
Sunshine will hold registration for
all three levels of care – residential,
nursing and dementia care. This