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PART I. INTRODUCTION 1. Older Persons in Southeast Asia: from Liabilities to Asset by Aris Ananta and Evi Nurvidya Arifin 2. Future Ageing in Southeast Asia: Demographic Trends, Human Capital, and Health Status by Wolfgang Lutz, Samir K. C., Hafiz T. A. Khan, Sergei Scherbov, and George W. Leeson PART II. OLD AGE INCOME SECURITY 3. Economic and OldAge: The Singapore Experience by David Reisman 4. National Long Term Care Severe Disability Insurance in Singapore by Gerald Choon-Huat Koh 5. Social Security and Health Care Financing for Older Persons: The Challenges of Ageing Society in Thailand by Kusol Soonthorndhada 6. An Exploration for a Universal Non-Contributory Pension Scheme in Vietnam by Giang Thanh Long and Wade Donald Pfau PART III. EMPLOYMENT AND OTHER SOURCES OF FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION 7. Employment of Older Persons: Diversity Across Nations and Sub-Nations in Southeast Asia by Evi Nurvidya Arifin and Aris Ananta 8. Work, Income, and Expenditure Patterns of the Filipino Elderly and Near-Elderly Women of Metro Cebu by Socorro A. Gultiano and Sonny S. Agustin 9. Employability Approach to Financing Old Age by Chew Soon Beng and Rosalind Chew 10. Facing the Geriatric Wave in Indonesia: Financial Conditions and Social Supports by Tri Budi W. Rahardjo, Tony Hartono, Vita Priantina Dewi, Eef Hogervorst and Evi Nurvidya Arifin PART IV. AGEING, MIGRATION, AND DEVELOPMENT 11. The Nexus of Ageing and Migration in Singapore by Kalyani K. Mehta 12. Overseas Labour Migration and Well-being of Older Filipinos by Grace T. Cruz and Elma P. Laguna 13. Urbanisation on the Ageing Community in Sarawak, Malaysia by Ling How Kee PART V. ROLES OF GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY 14. Ageing, Finance and Civil Society in Southeast Asia: Notes for an Agenda by Philip Kreager 15. Evaluation and Implementation of Ageing Related Policies in Indonesia by Nugroho Abikusno

Population aging and the wellbeing of older persons are major emerging challenges for families, communities, and government in Thailand as in much of Asia. Traditionally, support and care for the elderly are met within the family. Adult children are important providers of material support as well as other forms of assistance to their older-age parents. The state and communities typically provide limited care services for the older population. Currently, Thailand is facing demographic and socioeconomic changes that pose significant challenges for the roles that family members, especially adult children, play in providing support for the elderly. This paper empirically examines the state of Thai family care for older persons in various aspects (such as material and social support as well as personal care) and the challenges and opportunities facing the Thai family.