Thailand's aging society means that an increasing number of its elderly are living alone. Two senior citizens, a former university lecturer and a road sweeper, speak about living alone in later life and how they would like to manage their end-of-life matter.

<p>Thai society will become an aging society before the country manages to move up from the middle-income trap, said an economist and a businessman.</p> <p>Dr Kirida Bhaopichitr, Director for International Research and Advisory Service of the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI), has pointed out that according to current projections, Thailand will become an aged-society in about a decade from now, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BBCThai/posts/1777098255844540:0">BBC Thai</a>&nbsp;reported on Thursday, 26 May 2016.</p>