Thailand’s ‘Last Resorts’: Westerners Looking East to Live Out Their Twilight Years

Care Resort is one of the first of several similar establishments that have sprung up in Thailand recently, offering both high-quality and affordable care to elderly foreigners.

Villa accommodation for elderly residents of Care Resort, Thailand, on Nov. 11, 2018. Ross Duncan/Special to The Epoch Times

CHIANG MAI, Thailand—On a balmy Sunday in November, Nicole Jean Kennedy waits to be served lunch at the resort where she is staying. She looks out on lush tropical gardens dotted with tree-shaded villas, and the mist-fringed mountains beyond.

“It’s hard to beat,” she said.