“When grandma was around, I never once felt thankful — all I felt was just that it was a burden. That’s why I regret. I guess I thought she would be here forever. ”
—HAN-BIT KIM, a student from Seoul, South Korea, on why he volunteers to help care for elderly dementia patients; a national effort to train young caregivers is designed to help manage the 20% of the South Korean population that will be over age 65 within the next 15 years [via The New York Times]
