in Thailand it is traditionally the family who will take care of the elderly, but for the elderly Scandinavians or other Europeans living in Thailand the tradition is different and admission to one of the government owned nursing homes in their home country is not always possible. For this growing group of people, a quality nursing home offering decent care, as life turns to that unavoidable situation where one needs to be taken care of, has been hard to find in Thailand. But this January a Swiss lady decided to open a home in Rawai, Phuket.