Left Behind at 70: Nepal’s Looming Elder Care Crisis

Every morning, I receive two messages from my parents—not greetings, not updates, but their blood pressure readings. Both are on regular medication. It’s their way of managing their health—and maybe, in their quiet way, of asking, “Are we still being cared for?”

That simple gesture says more than words ever could. Across Nepal, a generation is ageing with dignity, even as the systems meant to support them fall dangerously behind.